Chelsea have literally been feeding off Roman's deep pockets since he took over. Chelsea fans have certainly been chewing meat and bones together, with billions in incomings and a net of 947M spent.
But now it's time to come to a halt.
With the deep pockets gone and Chelsea looking for a new owner, FEAR, to use Michael Emenalo's word, is palpable.
And we should all be.
We've been riding on disastrous transfer decisions, which are simply intolerable in the presence of a financially stingy owner. The 97 spent on Lukaku, for example, is an impossibility in the future.
Liverpool spent a total of $80 million on Konate and Diaz in their most recent transfer. Chelsea spent $97.5 million on a on and off and mostly offside player named Lukaku alone.
However, this is only the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the Chelsea Transfer Comedy.
You only need to look at how much money Liverpool has been spending on their first team. Since Klopp took over in 2015, it has been clear that Chelsea must adapt or perish.
CHELSEA 15/16=Baba, Pedro, Begovic, Kennedy, Falcao, Hector, Miazga, Nathan, and Djiboloji_ ALL@96.5
16/17=Batchuayi, Kane, Luis, Alonso, ALL@132.8
17/18= Morata, Bakayoko, Rudiger, Zapacosta, Emerson, Giroud, Barkley, Amapadu, Drinkwater, Cabalero - ALL AT 260.5
Pulisic, Kepa, Jorginho, Higuain, Green, and Kovacic (L)- ALL@208.8
kovacic 45 ALL@45 = 19/20
Havertz, Werner, Chilwel, Ziyech, Mendy, Sarr, Silva 21/22
EVERYONE@247.2
Lukaku, Niguez, Bertinneli_ ALL@118
LIVERPOOL
15/16= Firmino, Grujic, Gomez, Milner (all transfers since October _ALL@ 52.9)
16/17= Mane, Loris, Wijnaldum, Klavan, Matip, and Markovic_ ALL@79.9
17/18= Van Dijik, Salah, Chamberlin, Roberston, Gallacher, Solanke_ ALL@173.88... sallah, by the way, was 42M
Allison, Keita, Fabinho, and Shaqiri_ ALL@182.2
Minamino, De Bergg, Adrian_ ALL@10.4
Jota, Alcantara, Tsimikas, Davies, Kabak_ ALL@82.6
Diaz, Konate_ ALL@85.0 = 21/22
CHELSEA TOTAL_ 1108.8
499.28 LIVERPOOL TOT
During this period,
Trophies for Chelsea
1UEFA, 1EUROPA, 1EPL, 1FA Cup, 1Super Cup, 1WordlCup
Trophies from Liverpool
1UEFA, 1EPL, 2 League Cups, 1 Super Cup, and 1 World Cup
With a new owner, Stingy With this level of transfer incompetence, Chelsea should be swapping places with Newcastle in the other bottom half of the table.
Chelsea must conduct a thorough audit of Transfer Personnel in order to survive. Let's begin with Marina.