Chelsea fans blasted as ‘hypocritical’ by Carragher who claims they’ve taken advantage of every other club for 20 years
JAMIE CARRAGHER has BLASTED Chelsea fans for being hypocrites while criticising the club’s bullying approach throughout Roman Abramovich’s reign.
The Liverpool legend was defending himself after being criticised for suggesting Manchester United should try to poach Thomas Tuchel given the Blues’ troubling situation.
Carragher revealed he had a few “heated discussions” with Chelsea fans outside Stamford Bridge following their win over Newcastle.
But he has stood by his initial statement, suggesting Chelsea have acted in exactly that manner for the previous 19 years.
Carragher said on : “The reason why I think it is a little hypocritical of Chelsea supporters is that if teams, whether that’s Manchester United with the manager, or people thinking they can get Chelsea players by taking advantage of the situation they’re in – Chelsea have been doing it for 20 years.
“We can throw our money about and we can get who we want.
Latest Cheltenham offers
“We’ll go and get Peter Kenyon [former United CEO]. We’ll go to Liverpool and destabilise that club for two summers [trying to sign Steven Gerrard].
“We’ll get Ashley Cole, Invincible, won everything at Arsenal. We’ll get caught tapping up, doesn’t matter we’ll pay the fine.
“They win the Youth Cup every year or they get in the final, not because they’ve got the best coaches or the best academy.
“[But] because they’ve gone and taken the best players from every club within the country and relocate the family and give the dad a scouting job.
CHELTENHAM FREE BETS AND SIGN UP OFFERS – ALL THE LATEST DEALS FOR THE RACING THIS WEEK
“So Chelsea football club have taken advantage of every other club in the last 20 years because of Roman Abramovich.”
Carragher also said it was natural that other clubs would be eyeing Tuchel and star players, with clubs already monitoring out-of-contract stars like Antonio Rudiger, Andreas Christensen and Cesar Azpilicueta.
But the pundit man did tell any prospective Chelsea buyer to ensure they keep ahold of Tuchel.