CHELSEA are a circus — aren’t they? But the bigger concern should be if somehow, some way, Todd Boehly’s insane master-plan brings about success this season. 5 Todd Boehly has signed 39 players during his short time at Chelsea Credit: Alamy 5 Enzo Maresca is in charge of fingering out the Blues' best team this season Credit: Getty 5 Pedro Neto arrived this summer in a £54million deal with Wolves Credit: Getty Finish in the top four. Win a trophy like the FA Cup.
He will then turn around and say: “See, it works” and all of a sudden, other clubs will begin considering copying this mental model to try and compete in the Premier League. Before you know it, there will be a bigger divide between the top clubs and the rest and this country’s top flight will become something we have been fighting against — a Super League. The smaller sides and promoted teams will be wiped out by the elite and will end up saying, ‘What’s the point?’ READ MORE FOOTBALL NEWS GREEN LIGHT Mason Greenwood set to turn back on England to play for Jamaica Football as we know it will change, and there will be no going back.
As a neutral, you don’t want to wish failure on a club or a regime, but it’s depressing to think about. We should almost be looking at it in amazement — the owners have come in with this model and they’ve treated it as if they are buying stocks and shares, not players or human beings. Fee of £100million? Seven-year deal? No bother.
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