PAUL MERSON has slammed Todd Boehly’s recent comments about Chelsea as “worrying”.
Blues chief Boehly has hailed Chelsea‘s recent form as a sign things are improving at Stamford Bridge amid a turbulent two years in charge of the club.
Todd Boehly has claimed Chelsea are moving in the right directionPA
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Chelsea have lost just one of their last 14 Premier League matches and speaking in LA at a Sportico conference on Wednesday, Boehly praised the “fluid” football under Mauricio Pochettino.
He said: “We’ve seen the last two and a half games… in the second half at Aston Villa [2-2 draw] and Tottenham [2-0 win] and West Ham [5-0 win] where we played beautiful football.
“It was so fluid, it was exactly the way we drew it up, when we came out of the back, built up and moved up the pitch, [it was] very organised and the number of shots we had.
“In those two and a half games, you could really start to see what we were working on coming together.”
And despite Chelsea adding to those three game with a 3-2 win over Nottingham Forest yesterday, Arsenal legend Paul Merson isn’t as optimistic about things in West London.
Speaking about Boehly’s comments on Sky Sports, he said: “I was quite worried with what he said, I was quite shocked.
“The way he was talking about ‘this is the was WE see it, this is what WE put together.’”
Merson, who is known to be a Chelsea fan despite his Arsenal links, went on to slam Boehly’s mega spending – suggesting their transfer targets were chosen via YouTube highlight reels.
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He added: “They just went out and bought whoever was available and [had] done well on YouTube.
“Two and a half games ago they were getting absolutely destroyed by Arsenal.
“That’s the benchmark. The benchmark is Arsenal and they are a million miles away from Arsenal and they are a million points behind Arsenal.
“You cannot get carried away with that. I didn’t like what I was hearing.
“It was like ‘that’s it now don’t need to buy any players next season. This is the team they’re gonna be alright’.
“No that won’t be the case. Won’t be the case. So for me the first thing they have to do is keep Pochettino.
“The way he was talking, Todd Boehly, was like it was him that had done it all [Chelsea’s results]. It was worrying, it was a worrying speech in my opinion.”
Chelsea were mauled 5-0 by London rivals Arsenal last month, but have certainly improved over recent weeks.
Pochettino and Co currently sit seventh in the Premier League table and still have a shot at securing European football with their remaining two fixtures against Brighton and Bournemouth.
The Blues have come under heavy criticism for under-achieving after Todd Boehly splashed over £1BILLION on players alone since taking over in May 2022.
Chelsea signings under Todd Boehly
Moises Caicedo – £115m
Enzo Fernandez – £106.8m
Mykhailo Mudryk – £88.5m
Wesley Fofana – £75m
Marc Cucurella – £62m
Romeo Lavia – £55m
Christopher Nkunku – £52m
Raheem Sterling – £47.5m
Cole Palmer – £45m
Axel Disasi – £38m
Benoit Badiashile – £35m
Kalidou Koulibaly – £33m
Nicolas Jackson – £32m
Noni Madueke – £29m
Malo Gusto – £26.3m
Robert Sanchez – £25m
Lesley Ugochukwu – £23.5m
Carney Chukwuemeka – £20m
Andrey Santos – £18m
Deivid Washington – £17.2m
Kendry Paez – £17m
Djordje Petrovic – £14m
Angelo Gabriel – £13m
Cesare Casadei – £12.6m
Gabriel Slonina – £12m
David Datro Fofana – £10.5m
Pierre Emerick-Aubameyang – £10m
Joao Felix – £9.5m (loan)
Jimmy-Jay Morgan – £6m
Ishe Samuels-Smith – £4m
Denis Zakaria – loan
Omari Hutchinson – Free transfer
Diego Moreira – Free transfer
Alex Matos – Free transfer
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