Chelsea are enduring a dreadful campaign.
Despite being taken over by American billionaire Todd Boehly last year and seeing their new owner splash over £600m in the last two transfer windows, the Londoners are arguably the worst they have ever been.
Having made the decision to part ways with former boss Thomas Tuchel in favour of hiring then-Brighton boss Graham Potter, Boehly was determined to start his Chelsea tenure by making some big changes.
However, after winning less than 40 per cent of his games, Potter was relieved of his duties after just six months in charge, and learning that every decision will be heavily scrutinised, Boehly quickly discovered the harsh realities that come with owning a Premier League club.
Consequently, forced back to the drawing board in search of a new permanent manager, although ex-Spurs boss Mauricio Pochettino appears the leading candidate to take over next season, former midfielder and club legend Frank Lampard has been tasked with seeing out the remainder of the campaign.
Not only have the team been dumped out of the Carabao and FA Cup ahead of time, but failure to reach the latter stages of the Champions League placed all emphasis on doing well in the Premier League. However, having won just 10 domestic games all season, Chelsea find themselves way down in 12th place and even though there are just five games left to play, remarkably, the Blues, although very unlikely to be, could actually be relegated. Obviously, after being unable to get the side-firing and winless in all of his matches since taking over, Lampard now faces the same kind of problems his predecessor did.
But former player Gus Poyet refuses to believe that either manager is to blame for the crisis his old club find themselves in.
In fact, Poyet, who represented the Blues on 143 occasions between 2001 and 2004, has identified striker Romelu Lukaku’s infamous ‘nuclear bomb’ interview with the Italian media at the end of 2021 as the reason for the club’s downfall.
Romelu Lukaku to @SkySport: “Physically I am fine. But I’m NOT happy with the situation at Chelsea. Tuchel has chosen to play with another system – I won’t give up, I’ll be professional. I am not happy with the situation but I am professional – and I can’t give up now”. 🔵 #CFC pic.twitter.com/KGNoJ10cwp
— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) December 30, 2021
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