{"id":4789,"date":"2026-05-06T11:19:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T11:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=4789"},"modified":"2026-05-06T11:19:00","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T11:19:00","slug":"chelsea-sporting-directors-latest-own-goal-angers-fans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=4789","title":{"rendered":"Chelsea sporting directors&#8217; latest own goal angers fans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<!-- Article Start --><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Chelsea\u2019s sporting directors can\u2019t get things right on the pitch or off it right now it seems. Their latest gaffe came on Monday.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>If you enjoy Chelsea News coverage and want to see more of it, add us as a preferred source on Google to make us a favourite and see more of our content.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Chelsea fans have been chanting bad things about their ownership for a while now, but instead of moving things in the right direction, the subject of those chants keep making further missteps.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ve all seen the product of their work on the pitch \u2013 it\u2019s the team that\u2019s lost six Premier League games in a row.<\/p>\n<p>But off the pitch, they are terrible at the PR side of things too. Nizaar Kinsella\u2019s piece for the BBC today about the fan rejection of BlueCo notes one of their latest clangers.<\/p>\n<h2>Chelsea sporting directors invite rival manager to watch game from their box<\/h2>\n<p>\u201cHosting Tottenham head coach Roberto de Zerbi in Chelsea\u2019s directors\u2019 box on Monday, ostensibly to scout his future opponents, went down poorly with sections of the fanbase.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>We allowed the manager of our biggest rivals, a team we\u2019re playing in a couple of weeks, to sit in our directors\u2019 box. And our sporting directors were there chatting away to him.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re sure they all speak behind the scenes \u2013 but to do it publicly when the team are doing this badly is just a monstrously stupid own goal.<\/p>\n<h2>In other news\u2026<\/h2>\n<p>Wesley Fofana is not very popular at Chelsea right now, and his representatives have been offering him to big clubs around Europe.<\/p>\n<p>Joao Pedro is also a target for Barcelona, and the Catalan giants have already met with the player\u2019s representatives.<\/p>\n<p><strong>DOWNLOAD THE OFFICIAL CHELSEA NEWS APP FOR ALL THE LATEST UPDATES \u2013 STRAIGHT TO YOUR PHONE! 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