Hapless Chelsea Owners Have Built A Monument To Chaos And Decline

Rosenior's dismissal whitethorn lick 1 problem, but those successful Chelsea's boardroom must return nan awesome stock of nan blasted for a nine that looks progressively retired of control.

Chelsea's caller losses eclipsed Manchester City's £197.5m shortage successful 2011, contempt bringing successful £490.9m successful revenue, which nan nine says is nan 2nd highest full successful its history.

Since nan existent ownership took power successful 2022, Chelsea person spent astir £1.5bn connected players, focusing connected securing a raft of younger players connected semipermanent contracts.

In this time, they person sacked Champions League victor Tuchel astatine nan extremity of their first 100 days astatine nan helm, past his successor Graham Potter 7 months later.

Frank Lampard had a short 2nd spell successful complaint arsenic interim leader earlier erstwhile Tottenham Hotspur head Mauricio Pochettino took charge, leaving by communal consent aft 1 season.

Enzo Maresca took over, but was sacked successful January, little than six months aft winning nan Club World Cup to adhd to nan Uefa Conference League.

If nan last straw for Rosenior was disapproval of his players, Maresca's departure came amid clash pinch Chelsea's hierarchy, stunning cardinal figures astatine nan nine aft a 2-0 triumph against Everton successful December by stating "many people" had made it his "worst 48 hours" since joining nan club.

Cryptic, perhaps, but nan opening of nan extremity for nan Italian, arsenic those successful complaint astatine Chelsea took a dim position of his nationalist look of discontent.

Those pinch knowledge of Maresca's views, though, said he had grown unhappy astatine a multitude of factors, including encouragement complete which players should commencement and which substitutions should beryllium made during matches.

It led to nan Rosenior experiment, which backfired connected BlueCo, who whitethorn bespeak connected nan number of managers hired and fired during their tenure and yet think: "It's not them. It's us."

Former Chelsea winger Pat Nevin told BBC Radio 5 Live: "You would person to beryllium a spot elemental to beryllium amazed astatine nan business pinch each nan grounds successful beforehand of you.

"This is 4 seasons nan caller ownership has been in. This is head number six. When you alteration it that magnitude of times, you person to inquire nan mobility - is nan problem really nan manager?"