Jamie Carragher warns players 'do not sign' for Chelsea as he destroys transfer policy
Jamie Carragher has been left furious with Chelsea over their summer recruitment strategy and has now warned the Blues' future targets to snub a move to Stamford Bridge
Jamie Carragher has blasted Chelsea's summer business and warned players to steer clear of the basket-case Blues.
New boss Enzo Maresca has seen nine new players arrive and 13 depart, with Joao Felix set to have a medical ahead of a £42million move from Atletico Madrid. All those signings have left the Blues with a bloated squad.
Maresca left 23 first-team stars out of his squad which lost to Manchester City on Sunday. With Felix close to joining, Maresca will have even more selection headaches, while tensions are likely to rise over playing time.
With Chelsea showing no signs of curbing their recruitment drive, Carragher has brutually told their future targets to refuse to move to Stamford Bridge. And he has questioned the judgement of the Blues' transfer chiefs.
"Chelsea have just got to stop buying players and players have got to stop signing for Chelsea. I don't know why, if I was a player, I'd look at Chelsea and sign," Carragher fumed on Sky Sports.
"The only reason you might is if your agent says 'we're getting a seven year deal on big money' - it's guaranteed money. You know what I'd say - back yourself as a player, sign a four-year deal at a proper club, back yourself to do well.
"Then when you're up for renewal your money goes up anyway. I don't understand why players are signing seven-year deals. There isn't anything there. It is not a young and exciting team. They've just signed Joao Felix - tell me where he's going to play.
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"They signed Neto a week ago - where is he playing when you've got Cole Palmer? Great football teams need competition. But every team I played in, there were seven or eight players who knew they were playing every week.
"Then you've got seven or eight players who are fighting for three positions. Then you've got another six players who are squad players. That is a healthy squad. What Chelsea have got now, where's Felix going to get changed at the training ground. If you've got 40 players - how are you in one dressing room? How are you putting a training session on?"
While Carragher has his doubts over Chelsea's transfer strategy, boss Maresca was pleased with how his side played against City, despite their defeat. And he is confident of the direction they are heading in.
"I thought our performance was good. We don’t like to lose but I thought the performance was there. We competed against the best team in the world and we competed for large parts at the same level and in some moments were even better," Maresca said.
"I said the other day that I didn’t expect the team to already be this [far] ahead so the direction is a good one and I don’t have any doubt that day by day we are getting better and we are going to have days where we win games and we will be happier."
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