Former Liverpool midfielder, Graeme Souness has faulted Chelsea Football Club for the purchase of some three players during the transfer market this season. Speaking to Sky sports pundit, Souness revealed the New owner of Chelsea, Todd Boehly has spent more than £250m on his first transfer window shortly after taking over the club from Roman Abramovich. He disclosed that such an amount is the highest ever spent on a single transfer window in Premier League history.
Accordingly, this summer, French defender Wesley Fofana, Gabon striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, England forward Raheem Sterling, Spanish full-back Marc Cucurella, and Senegal center-back Kalidou Koulibaly all secured moves to Stamford Bridge.
However, Souness has faulted the deal that sealed for Aubameyang, Fafona, and Cucurella.
Speaking to Daily Mail, Souness said, “In his hurry and enthusiasm to get Chelsea supporters onside, Todd Boehly has just spent the thick end of £300 million in the summer transfer market, appearing to do all the business himself,”
He explained that “Unless you have a bottomless pit, the money they have spent on Marc Cucurella makes no sense, considering Chelsea already had Marcos Alonso, Ben Chilwell, and, at a push, Reece James in the same position.
“I get that they needed center-backs because of Antonio Rudiger and Andreas Christensen going and having 37-year-old Thiago Silva, an age when your game can fall off a cliff inside a month.
He laments that Fafona only brings the potential for growth and is not worth £70million at 21.
Souness added, “The upside to signing Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang on deadline day is that Chelsea now has a striker who has scored goals in the Premier League, something notoriously hard to find.
“The downside is that he’s 33 and has a dodgy gene somewhere. Mikel Arteta did very well for Arsenal, and for his own longevity as manager, by getting Aubameyang out of the building and seems to have found an upgrade in Gabriel Jesus,” Souness concluded.
