Chelsea legend John Obi Mikel did not hold back in his assesment of his club under Todd Boehly, claiming they need to compete for the Premier League.
Chelsea legend Mikel John Obi has given his thoughts on how Todd Boehly has run the club, and he is not happy.failed to qualify for the Champions League in 2023/24, amid worries that the club is being poorly run by owner
On top of this fresh concerns have been raised about the club's squad size, which currently stands at aAnd now former Chelsea defensive midfielder and club legend Mikel John Obi has spoken out about the club's recent history and his fears regarding the ownership.: "We have to start well Chelsea football club. We can't afford to have another bad season because the last three seasons have been really really bad.
"We don't want to be a mid table club. Chelsea football club is a club that always competes in winning the Premier League and being in the Champions League."That's where we've always been and we want to get back to that and, with the way the club is run right now with all of these players and the structure of the club, it's an absolute mess."
The former Nigerian international also claimed that he had spoken with a senior director at the club about Boehly's plan for the next decade, but said he did not think it was good enough.Obi added: "I spoke to the director when I went back to London and he was telling me about the whole project of five to ten years, there is no five or ten years project, we want to win now and Enzo Maresca has his hands full with this football club.
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