Jamie Carragher is begging players to stop signing for Chelsea, suggesting that they’ll run out of room at the training ground.
The Blues have already signed nine new players this summer with number 10 understood to be on the way.
That deal will be to bring Joao Felix back to Stamford Bridge after agreeing a deal worth £42.6million plus add-ons to return on a six-year contract.
Chelsea left a staggering 23 first-team players out of their matchday squad for the weekend’s 2-0 defeat to Man City, a clear indication of just how bloated the squad currently is.
They are, however, doing their utmost to simultaneously trim the squad with Conor Gallagher, Armando Broja and Romelu Lukaku left off the matchday programme squad list for the clash with City.
But that is barely scratching the surface of the overcrowding problem that Enzo Maresca currently has, something that has clearly left Carragher irate.
Speaking on Sky Sports’ Monday Night Football, Carragher said: “Chelsea have got to stop signing players and players have got to stop signing for Chelsea.
“If I was a player, I don’t know why I’d look at that project and sign. The only reason you’d sign is because your agent says ‘You’re getting a seven-year deal on big money – that’s guaranteed money’.
“Do you know what I say? Back yourself as a player. Sign a four-year deal at a proper club and back yourself to do well and then when you’re due for a renewal your money goes up anyway.
“I don’t understand why players are signing seven-year deals.”
Responding to David Jones saying that players might want to be a part of the Chelsea project, Carragher replied: “Part of what? It’s not a young and exciting team.
“You’ve bought Joao Felix, right? Tell me where he is going to play.
“They’ve already signed Neto a week ago – where’s he going to play when you’ve already got Cole Palmer?
“Where do you play Enzo Fernandez, a £100milliion player? Where do you play Nkunku?
“Great football teams need competition but every football team I played in, there was seven or eight players who knew they were playing every week.
Source: Talk Sports
