Journalist: Why Chelsea are now operating like a ‘super-charged Brighton’ – fans will fume | OneFootball

A journalist has now explained why Chelsea are operating like a ‘super-charged Brighton’ and many Chelsea fans will fume at this.

The news comes after Chelsea were defeated by Arsenal in the Premier League on Sunday afternoon, losing to a first half headed goal by Mikel Merino.

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The game was obviously not without its drama and Chelsea fans saw what they expect to see every time Robert Sanchez starts, and that is him making a silly mistake and giving away a goal. This time he got lucky, but Maresca continued to back his goalkeeper at the full time whistle once again.

Meanwhile, Arsenal defender Jurrien Timber was seen mocking Maresca on the side lines in an interaction that has annoyed Blues fans even more.

All in all it wasn’t a good performance from Chelsea and it lacked intensity, desire, energy, and any kind of real belief that they could get something from the game.

We are now into an international break and a chance for Chelsea’s players and Maresca to have a bit of a reset before our next game against Tottenham!

Chelsea’s Brighton plans

Todd Boehly and Behdad Eghbali watch Chelsea. (Photo by Mike Hewitt/Getty Images)

Chelsea fans will fume at this because many of them already joke about how our new owners want to just turn us into Brighton.

Nizaar Kinsella of The BBC reports:

‘Buy young stars on lower wages, spread the payments over long contracts, keep flipping players and sell on unwanted talent for a profit – that is Chelsea’s strategy in a nutshell.

The club has had a radical shift in transfer strategy since Todd Boehly and Clearlake Capital took over from Roman Abramovich in 2022.

‘Most Abramovich-era players have been sold in an attempt to reduce the age of the squad – and the wage bill.

‘That money has then been reinvested in young talent in what appears to be a ‘supercharged Brighton’ approach to transfer business.’