Definitely feels like Abramovic has largely lost interest. For as much as he was perhaps too ruthless with managers back in the day, it was generally a sign that he was incredibly invested in the club and would always do whatever he could to rectify any problems immediately. By contrast Conte got a lot of time last season even when things had clearly fallen apart and a decade or so back a result like today's would've probably had Sarri fired on the spot.
I’m not sure.
The stadium thing was him crying over not getting a visa.
But Roman was never going to fund Chelsea for the rest of his life. The prices he was paying when he first joined were crazy back then. But now look like bargains compared to transfers these days. He could go out back in 2004-2006 and spend £30m each on whatever world class player he wanted. Now for a world class player you starting at £60m. He can’t compete with the Sheikh.
He’s been wanting to change the style of football for a long time. First with Big Phil, then AVB and now Sarri. So either he sticks with his man or reverts back to counter attack football.
Also Chelsea have wasted a lot of money on tosh and have made a lot of big mistakes in the transfer window. We got a lot of shit for Pogba going.
But this is a club that let Lukaku go when they needed a goal scorer. They let Salah go, when they need another winger who can score goals. They let De Bruyne go when they need a creative midfielder who can score.
These are all costly mistakes and they paying for them. Their rivals have benefited from these sales.
I just don’t buy Roman has lost interest. They spent a record fee on a GK. Over the last two seasons they have a net spend of £190m. They spent £423m in transfers in the last two seasons. The questions need to be asked on where the money has gone.
Conte stayed because they had a realistic chance of top four. He had signed a new contract last season too. It was the same with Mourinho in his second spell where he was given as much time as possible to turn it around. Ancelotti in his second season the writing was on the wall. Sometimes Roman decides he’d wait till the end of the season to sack them.