In light of Chelsea’s dismal season, Didier Drogba has launched a stinging attack on the club’s current management.
With a 4-0 aggregate score, Real Madrid eliminated Chelsea from the Champions League on Tuesday night.
With the departure, Chelsea’s final opportunity to win a trophy and find redemption this year also vanished.
The possibility of playing in any capacity in Europe next season is currently a long shot given their current 11th-place standing.
They are currently languishing in 11th position, with any form of European football next season a far cry at moment.
Drogba has now waded into the discussion, seemingly taking issue with the Todd Boehly owned club.
Boehly led the Clearlake consortium in acquiring the West London club last summer following the decision of Roman Abramovich to sell.
Despite pumping an excess of 600 million euros in their first two transfer windows, Chelsea are yet to find a winning formula. Four managers have already been contracted this season.
What Drogba thinks
Whilst the search for a new permanent boss continues, Drogba has questioned the lack of class at the club under the new owners.
“I knew this club with a certain class during the Abramovich era, but today I find it lacking. It’s very hard for me to see how they got rid of certain people.
They should go back to the principles and values they had. I no longer recognise my club,” as quoted by the Guardian.
Boehly undertook a major revamp of the technical staff with longstanding chairman Bruce Buck, director of football Marina Granovsakia and legendary goalkeeper and technical director Petr Cech all exiting the club.
The club has struggled to maintain its high standards as the American continues to juggle his way around owning a football club.
Drogba scored the winning penalty when Chelsea first won the Champions League in 2012 against Bayern Munich.
Lampard, who captained the squad on that night, declined to respond to Drogba’s stinging remarks.