Chelsea source mocks Everton misery as Graham Potter struggles to handle aggressive Todd Boehly overhaul
The massive overhaul at Chelsea has been criticised as something only needed at Everton by a source connected to the London side, according to The Athletic.
The appointment of Sean Dyche has seen a revival at Goodison Park of late but the club are still only just outside the relegation zone, amid ongoing chaos on Merseyside under Farhad Moshiri.
Graham Potter’s Chelsea are in terrible form but remain 10th in the Premier League, amid huge spending from the new Todd Boehly-led regime, and the relative struggles of the two clubs has seen Everton held up as an example of a situation of where “burning it all down” is required.
The story in The Athletic about the situation at Stamford Bridge reports: “By bringing in so many new faces so quickly, as well as replacing [Thomas] Tuchel with Potter, many believe Chelsea’s new owners have taken the path of most resistance — a prolonged, painful rebuild following the unnecessary breakup of a team that could very recently call themselves world and European champions.
“As one source close to a first-team player puts it: ‘Burning it all down and starting again makes sense if you’re Everton, but this is Chelsea.'”
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Some Chelsea fans might be up in arms but the long-suffering Toffees fanbase would swap positions in an instant after the direction of travel under Moshiri and Bill Kenwright in recent years.
Back-to-back relegation battles and financial constraints have made it a miserable couple of seasons, barring the occasional rousing victory that just about kept heads above water.
There might be some fears at Stamford Bridge that the recent spending from Boehly and Behdad Eghbali resembles Moshiri’s early years on steroids, where numerous over-priced signings came in with little or nothing to show for it on the pitch.
But given the unpopularity of the ownership at Everton and repeated transfer market failures there would be some support for the kind of revolution currently going on in the capital if it was on offer at Goodison Park.
It is however indicative of the Toffees’ recent plight that the club has become a punchline across the league, and unless Dyche can continue how he has started and implements a massive change in fortunes it is hard to see how the wider situation will improve with the same hierarchy above him.
The former Burnley boss’ two wins from three has made Everton’s recent form far brighter than Potter’s but until Chelsea are in genuine danger of relegation or have their spending restricted by Premier League rules they won’t know how good they’ve got it right now.