Gary Neville and Jamie Carragher laid into Chelsea’s transfer approach last night on Monday Night Football. Presenter David Jones tried to play Devil’s Advocate by questioning whether this was all part of some grand project which we mere mortals can’t see the sense in yet.
We’ve bought so many players – what if they all end up being really good? Who will be laughing then?
But Neville cuts through all the noise by making a very obvious point – we already know the recruitment has been poor, because the club are doing their best to sell players that were bought in the last two years, by these same owners and sporting directors.
“They have recruited badly,” he pointed out, matter of factly.
You can see him make his point in the clip embedded here:
