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Todd Boehly blasted by former Chelsea hero. What did Lebouef say?
Saturday’s draw at Stamford Bridge many Chelsea fans furious as the supporters ire starts to focus on the director’s box.
Languishing in eleventh place in the Premier League table, Chelsea, it’s fair to say are experiencing a complicated season and since the arrival of Todd Boehly at the helm of the club, fortunes on the field have play have not matched the massive financial outlay on new talent.
Once again on Saturday, the ‘Blues’ let an advantage slip away with an extra man against a modest Burnley side in South West London and once again the guidance under Todd Boehly has started to be questioned by the Stamford Bridge faithful.
Analyzing the match for ESPN, former Chelsea great Frank Leboeuf, attacked the players and also Todd Boehly’s lack of direction stating that the team is dysfunctional and not designed to battle in the English Premier League.
“As long as you don’t have experienced players, you can’t build a successful team. Thiago Silva is injured, you have Raheem Sterling who should help, but he is not the type of footballer you can trust and that was seen last season. It’s a young team, and as long as you think only about that, you’re not going to be successful, because that’s not how it works. It’s not even the players’ fault, the owners destroyed the team,” said the former French defender.
Leboeuf lamented the club’s performance at Stamford Bridge, and stated that “Chelsea players have no heart, they have nothing in their brain. “It is unprofessional and not fair to all those who love the club.”
The current Chelsea side has an average age of 23.6 years old, in addition to the fact that only two players in the club are over 30 years old (Marcus Bettinelli, the club’s third goalkeeper, and the Brazilian Thiago Silva).
More sales at Chelsea
According to UK based, the next sales that the London team intends to make are those of Conor Gallagher and Reece James, both of the club’s youth players with income needed for the club to comply with the financial regulations of the Premier League as was pointed out by ‘The Times’ on Sunday with the Londoners hoping to generate approximately 120 million pounds from sales.
Since Boehly’s arrival at the club have spent more than €1 billion in transfer fees for 28 new players and five coaches have passed through the institution during the American’s tenure at the club.