Many criticisms can be thrown at Chelsea’s owners. Ultimately, BlueCo’s lack of footballing knowledge and their flawed five-year plan have resulted in a mess that Xabi Alonso is about to inherit.
A five-year plan that promised much but has resulted in sending Chelsea backwards, far behind the state Chelsea were in when BlueCo bought the club from Roman Abramovich back in the summer of 2022.
Todd Boehly, BlueCo, Behdad Eghbali and the rest sitting upstairs at Stamford Bridge clearly did not know the size of the task they were taking on. They did not realise the difficulty of earning success at Chelsea.
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- Reece James
- Cole Palmer
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The five-year project, the plan of signing the world’s young players and treating them like commodities, is now a clear mistake. Chelsea lack leadership and experience on the pitch, and off it, things are worrying.
When Alonso takes pre-season, he will have a small army of players to sort out and choose from. Already this summer, five new players will arrive, like Valentin Barco. It makes management almost impossible.
Gabriel Slonina situation highlights BlueCo’s mistakes
The scatter-gun approach to signing so many young players is finally having a knock-on effect. Throwing money at potential stars does not solve problems on and off the pitch; it’s becoming a concern.
The number of players brought in by BlueCo is drying up the pathway into the first team. Gabriel Slonina was a £10m signing from Chicago Fire in 2022. Four years later, he’s failed to play a single senior game.
Slonina has handed in a transfer request and is desperate to get his career back on track after what can only be described as a waste of four years. BlueCo have ruined his development at such a crucial age.
How can it be acceptable that BlueCo have spent £10m on a player and in four years on the books, he has failed to play once? Slonina is just one example; this is a situation happening regularly at Chelsea now.
This summer, BlueCo need to change their approach
Eghbali has promised that Chelsea will sign more experienced players who can immediately benefit the first team. Again, it closes more pathways for the likes of Slonina to break into the senior Chelsea side.
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But even before the summer window opens, Chelsea have made the same mistakes. Barco, Emmanuel Emegha, Denner, Geovany Quenda and Dastan Satpaev will all join. Emegha is the eldest, at just 23.
Chelsea have a bloated squad, full of the world’s best young gems that are not being given the platform to show that. Satpaev, Denner and possibly Emegha will realise that when they do move to Chelsea.
Slonina is a victim of it, and there will be plenty more until BlueCo realise their system is flawed. The £10m goalkeeper’s desperation to leave is just the latest example of BlueCo’s inexperience as football owners.
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