William Gallas has criticised Chelsea for their “desperate” business in the summer transfer market with the club failing to get value for money.
The Blues spent more than any other Premier League club this summer with new owner Todd Boehly splashing £255.3m on a number of players, including Raheem Sterling, Kalidou Koulibaly, Wesley Fofana, Marc Cucurella and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.
Despite their huge spend, Chelsea have made a poor start to the new season with ten points from a possible 18 in the Premier League, while they lost their opening Champions League group game 1-0 to Dinamo Zagreb.
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Those early results and his inability to fit into Boehly’s plans cost Thomas Tuchel is job on Wednesday morning with Chelsea set to appoint Brighton boss Graham Potter as manager.
And former Chelsea defender Gallas reckons the Blues got their transfer strategy completely wrong in the summer and criticised a number of deals.
He told Genting Casino: “To be honest, when I watched Chelsea against West Ham, I didn’t yet see anything different to the teams that we’ve seen from the last few years. They played very slowly and it was a difficult match for them. I think a draw would have been a fair result – Chelsea were lucky to win the match.
“Fofana made his debut. He is a young player, and I think he will be a good signing for Chelsea, but it will take a bit of time for him to go to another level. He is training everyday with much better players and he will need to adapt. He will learn a lot playing alongside Thiago Silva. I didn’t agree with the price that Chelsea paid for him; I don’t think that Fofana should be valued at £75 million.
“Similarly, Cucarella. I don’t understand why they spent £60 million on a player who has a very similar profile to Ben Chillwell. I feel that is a lot of money for a player who has one International cap for Spain and came from Brighton. Against West Ham, he didn’t demonstrate anything particularly special.
“Koulibaly will need time. He came from Serie A and will need to get used to the intensity of the Premier League.
“Aubameyang, he is 33 years old. People are asking questions about his age and how it ended at Arsenal. Will that work out?
“I feel like Chelsea’s transfer window, despite the amount of the money spent, was rushed. There were a lot of changes happening at the club this summer with the new owner coming…
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