Mark Goldbridge: Mauricio Pochettino is not the problem; Chelsea are an absolute disaster thanks to Todd Boehly and I could have done a better job
In an exclusive column for talkSPORT.com, Mark Goldbridge discusses what went wrong for Chelsea and why he would do a better job in charge at Stamford Bridge than American owner Todd Boehly.
He manchester united One fan couldn't resist taking a dig at the Glazers in the process, saying Boehly at least put his hands in his pockets since taking over the Blues, but admitted he had inadvertently made the club worse…
On the one hand, there are the Glazers, who have literally let Old Trafford rot for 20 years, to the point that maybe we have to goThey put us in debt and refused to put in money.
And on the other hand you have Todd Boehlywhich has invested £1 billion in Chelsea in players in a year.
It just shows you that there is a sweet spot in how to run a football club. Throwing money away doesn't necessarily make your football club better, it can hurt it, and I think that's what we've seen with Chelsea.
His decision making around such a large amount of money has been horrible, and you wonder how it will work when you're stuck with these underperforming players on long contracts and high salaries.
With respect to Mauricio Pochettino“I think things could get worse for Chelsea, especially in the immediate future.” They have some really difficult Premier League games ahead of them, they have the Carabao Cup final against Liverpool And they had a FA Cup campaign to sail with Leeds next.
I think they will struggle and I think inevitably a coach will be an easy target for the fans, they always are. There comes a point where you lose too many games and need to be fired.
But I really don't think the administrator is the root cause of the problem. I don't think so Graham Potter It was anyone. I think Potter might not have been the appointment Chelsea fans wanted, but he wasn't the problem.
I don't look at Chelsea and Pochettino and think: “Change the manager and everything will be fine.” In the past, when Roy Hodgson was Liverpool manager, I thought: “Keep him, keep him”, because I knew he was holding them back!
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Chelsea's problems are much bigger than that, and the club has had to make horrible decisions.
He could have done a much better job as director of football than what happened. I think anyone could!
It was ridiculous how they recruited players, 'Oh, Liverpool want that player, let's pay more', 'Arsenal want that player, let's pay more'. There doesn't seem to be a plan, it just seems to buy everyone you can and let's see what happens.
And we are seeing what happens: it is an absolute disaster!
I do not understand what is happening. Is Todd Boehly buying the players? It doesn't sound like Potter wanted all those players last January.
It could be the most expensive football coaching game we've ever seen and it could be Todd Boehly doing it.
It is enormous naivety, an enormous expense and now that Financial Fair Play has strength, one worries about Chelsea.
