Chelsea Are MUCH Worse Than You Think

Chelsea have spent over £900 million on transfer fees alone in three transfer windows since Todd Boehly and Clearlake Capital bought the club in 2022, fresh off the back of finishing third in the Premier League.
It is the most unprecedented spending spree in the entire history of football, yet Chelsea fell to 12th last season and are 12th again this season, with the least points-per-game of any Premier League team in 2023.
In this video, HITC Sevens takes a closer look at the mess at Chelsea, why it's probably a lot worse than you think, and whether Chelsea's status as one of the top six or seven clubs in the Premier League be under threat long term as a result.
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[@benjaminv6039]

When i was younger, on FM i used to take charge of Chelsea or Man City and deliberately overspend on terrible players to see just how bad I could make the club when i left. This current Chelsea team is presently performing way worse than any of my attempts at intentionally tanking the club.

[@seandelap8587]

You think Man Utd are bad and then you look at Chelsea and it's a whole other level of terrible

[@PH-jv4ik]

I was wondering when Alfie would do a video on Chelsea. It's truly impressive how badly they've done and just how poorly their recruitment has seemingly been.

[@badgermanization]

To spend over a billion pounds to get worse is actually quite impressive in a weird/peverted kind of way. It's phenomenal how Chelsea have been able to achieve so little with so many resources 😂😂

[@Noobie2k7]

I remember on FM16 seeing Chelsea get relegated by 2031 and thinking that was the craziest and most unrealistic thing id seen on the game. Turns out it could actually happen if they keep on like this.

[@leediaper438]

The worst thing is we're not in a transitional period. The rebuild is pretty much complete and pretty much every player we have is worse than the previous squad. The recruitment has been absolutely crazy. The whole squad has at most 2 experienced players who are fit in Silva and Sterling

[@joshuamuhuthia7437]

For me, the biggest red flags came in the club's investment in the goalkeeping department. We let go of two decent but not elite goalkeepers in Mendy and Kepa, and downgraded to the 3rd choice keeper for Brighton and an anonymous MLS keeper for a total of 50 million euros. If we compare them to Onana, Pope, Pickford, Ederson, Alisson, Vicario, Raya, and Ramsdale, it makes me sad to say that we might never see them play champions league football for the next 3 seasons.

[@riccardodiluca6862]

Being a Sporting CP fan and hearing about Chelsea's interest in our top striker Gyokeres, I can easily believe that even if they go for the 100M clause, the player wouldn't be that excited to join them

[@makkrohero59]

I remember I wrote a post on Reddit or Twitter or something like that during last season. Claiming we were one of the worst ever Premier League sides. No, we did not finish with 11 points, like Derby. But in terms of expectations, money spent, quality of the squad etc. we really were awful. But I got scrutinized on that post. Not a single person had some sort of agreement with me.

[@FashionRoadman]

Even as a Chelsea fan I can admit that we are a horror show right now. The way it’s going we will be fighting for relegation if we’re not careful.

[@HHHBFResurrected]

It's funny that you say "deluded Chelsea fans" would've been expecting a similar turnaround to 16-17 this season when (in my experience) that's what 99% of other fans were telling themselves this summer & it was the Chelsea fans trying to assure everyone that no, we are that bad, this ownership is that clueless, and we won't be getting significantly better anytime soon. It shows what a remarkable legacy Abramovich left behind, a fear factor that lingered against all rational explanation - NEVER underestimate Chelsea.

[@AtTheBridgePod]

Honestly could see Chelsea fighting a relegation battle in the next 3 seasons, current ownership have no idea how to run a club.

[@nu-metalfan2654]

When it comes to spending money for a football team, it’s not how much you spend, it’s how smart you spend. Chelsea spend money for the sake of it with no plan.

[@Howknows78199]

Abramovich leaving was the beginning of the end. Firing tuchel was the final nail in the coffin

[@SuperMickyChow]

The list of "could have bought" players at

[@luishernandezblonde]

Alfie, a bit curious but a video about Lebanon's struggling situation with football is needed. Despite football being the most played sport in every West Asian nations, this doesn't seem to be the case of Lebanon. In fact, Lebanon may have one of the worst football development record in West Asia, their U17 and U23 teams have never been to an U17 or U23 Asian Cups, while the U20 have only qualified twice for the U20 Asian Cup. Simultaneously, Lebanon has performed very poor in Asian Cup for senior nations. This is even more shocking when, by the irony, Lebanon has the oldest continuing football league in Asia, the Lebanese Premier League, which has been running since 1932 and even far older than the more successful J.League or K-League.

[@boghianvalentin7687]

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[@edwardjones532]

Trust me I am under no illusions about how bad Chelsea are

[@txbill2512]

Everton: "Watch, we're gonna blow 500M pounds over 3-4 years and have absolutely nothing to show for it."

[@johnwhittaker311]

The two red flags for Chelsea for me are: a) signing Cucurella, who I was never convinced about even when he was at Brighton and b) persisting with a club captain who is made of glass. One of the best players I’ve seen play for Wigan, and has the potential to be an all time RB, but he has so many injuries how he can possibly be club captain is a mystery