Former Chelsea staff member Neil Barnett has launched a scathing attack on his former employers this week.
The former Chelsea pitch announcer and Blues fan has not held back in his assessment on Chelsea under the new ownership, and he claims that they are just a hedge fund all about making profit.
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Many other Chelsea fans will also agree with him with this criticism. There are many out there right now who are really unhappy with how things are going at the club and I honestly don’t think that a huge part of them will ever be won around by these owners.
Barnett you can certainly put in that category after these latest comments went out yesterday.
Barnett’s Chelsea criticism
Behdad Eghbali in the stands at Fulham.
Behdad Eghbali in the stands at Fulham.
In quotes picked up by Chelsea HQ this week, Barnett said:
“Nothing has happened at any football club like has happened atChelsea, with the purchase by venture capitalists who have invested in a theory that doesn’t come from football.
“Chelsea is a financial experiment by a hedge fund that has to make a profit by the end of it, and it’s very, very worrying.
“If you buy up Brighton, their directors, who become your directors, their players, maybe you become Brighton. And maybe if we had the budget of Brighton, I wouldn’t be complaining. But we don’t, we have the budget of Real Madrid.”
In other news…
Liam Rosenior hastwo weeks to try and come up with a solution to Chelsea’s huge problems. It may not be enough with four defeats in a row in his last four games and a lot of problems right now.
Josh Acheampong is apparentlynot for sale this summer – in that case, we should probably start playing him, right?
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