Paul Merson says Todd Boehly’s speech that his plans had been coming collectively was ‘worrying’ as he claims Chelsea proprietor simply went and purchased who did nicely on YouTube

Paul Merson has delivered a scathing evaluation of Todd Boehly‘s speech on Chelsea‘s progress, claiming he’s apprehensive in regards to the Blues proprietor. 

Boehly got here out this previous week to say that Chelsea’s latest type is proof the membership’s plan is ‘coming collectively’ beneath Mauricio Pochettino.  

Talking at a Sportico convention in Los Angeles on Wednesday, Boehly stated: ‘We have seen the final two and a half video games… within the second half at Aston Villa [2-2 draw] and Tottenham [2-0 win] and West Ham [5-0 win] the place we performed lovely soccer.

‘It was so fluid, it was precisely the way in which we drew it up, once we got here out of the again, constructed up and moved up the pitch, [it was] very organised and the variety of pictures we had.

‘In these two and a half video games, you would actually begin to see what we had been engaged on coming collectively.’   

In response, Merson stated: ‘I used to be fairly apprehensive, I used to be fairly shocked. The way in which he was speaking about that is the was we see it, that is what we put collectively. 

‘They simply went out and purchased whoever was accessible and finished nicely on YouTube. 

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‘Two and a half video games in the past they had been getting completely destroyed by arsenal. That is the benchmark. The benchmark is arsenal and they’re 1,000,000 miles away Arsenal and they’re 1,000,000 factors behind arsenal. 

‘You can’t get carried away with that. I did not like what I used to be listening to. It was like that is it now need not purchase any gamers subsequent season. That is the staff they’re gonna be alright, nah that will not be the case.’