“They’ve just got a YouTube team together” – Pundit savages Chelsea’s squad building process | OneFootball

Paul Merson has ripped into Chelsea labelling the club a circus and saying it looks like they’ve built a squad based on YouTube clips.

The Blues slipped to a new low on Tuesday night when they got thrashed 5-0 by rivals Arsenal at the Emirates, with their expensively assembled squad unable to get anywhere near the Gunners on the pitch.

Since Todd Boehly and Clearlake took over the club almost two years ago and spent £1bn on new signings, it’s safe to say not much has gone right at Stamford Bridge, and there’s been little signs of progress.

For the second consecutive campaign Chelsea will be without silverware, and they once again face the prospect of having no European football next season.

Mauricio Pochettino’s men sit ninth in the table three points behind Newcastle in seventh and six behind Manchester United in sixth, but do have a game in hand on their rivals in the race for Europe.

Chelsea’s expensively assembled squad has come in for a lot of criticism this season with players performing nowhere near the standard required, with some looking like they aren’t good enough to play for the club.

Sky Sports pundit Merson has savaged Chelsea’s squad building process saying “I don’t even know who would sign half of them.”

Merson hasn’t been impressed with Enzo Fernandez and Moises Caicedo in the Blue’s midfield claiming for the money spent they should be dominating every game.

“Enzo Fernandez for £100m and £115m on Moises Caicedo. Who’s gone out with the vision that these are going to be the best two midfield players in world football?, the 56-year-old wrote in his Sky Sports column.

“Because they should be for nearly a quarter of a billion pounds. They should run the show every game.”

On how the Blues put together their squad the former Arsenal man didn’t hold back on his thoughts.

“It almost seems like agents are sending videos of a player, five-minute clips, and Chelsea have gone, ‘I’ll take him. Oh my God, how good is he? Look at his clips. Look at him’.

“They’ve just got a YouTube team together. Like they’ve looked at clips and put it together and gone, ‘this team can play. Look at these.’ But it’s a million miles off.”

Pochettino takes his side to high flying Aston Villa on Saturday night knowing a win is crucial for Chelsea’s chances of Europe, but also his chance of still being at the club next season.