EPL: Chelsea Are Stuck And Lacking Direction — Paul Merson

Paul Merson, Sky Sports Pundit

 “You cannot see where Chelsea are going. I said this months ago and I'll say it again now, a lot of the players are not good enough to play for Chelsea Football Club, yet they are sitting on eight-year deals. It's just not good enough.”

Paul Merson says Chelsea is a directionless team, he thinks Mauricio Pochettino should stay at Stamford Bridge since there aren't many other options.

Chelsea was defeated on Sunday by a Liverpool team missing several important players, such as Trent Alexander Arnold, Mo Salah, Curtis Jones, and Darwin Nunez, which cost them the opportunity to win the Carabao Cup.

After 118 minutes of thrilling action at Wembley, Virgil van Dijk headed in the winning goal. The Blues were left to lament several wasted opportunities and losing out on what Merson called Chelsea's “big chance” to win some hardware.

Paul Merson says: “You cannot see where Chelsea are going.

“I said this months ago and I'll say it again now, a lot of the players are not good enough to play for Chelsea Football Club, yet they are sitting on eight-year deals.

“It's not long ago that Chelsea won the Champions League. People talk about the success of the club like it was 20 years ago. They won the Champions League three years ago, but the club are still asking for patience from the fans.

“It's just not good enough.

“The main problem with Chelsea is that Pochettino has come into a club that has spent a lot of money to bring a lorry load of players in on eight-year contracts.

“The people that bought these players in: what were you thinking? We need to know but I've never heard any of them give an interview. All I hear is Mauricio Pochettino having to justify it, but he never bought these players in. He just got the manager's job and has had to deal with the situation he finds himself in.

 

“But now they are stuck, and because of the mess they are in it looks like they will have to go and sell one of their best players in Conor Gallagher to get out of it. He's come through the ranks, he's a homegrown player and one of the club's own, but he'll make them a profit in terms of the Profit and Sustainability Rules. It's shocking.”