Middlesbrough boss Chris Wilder has insisted Chelsea need no sympathy as he tries to combine their problems by dumping them out of the FA Cup.
The Blues plunged into insecurity as the government sanctioned owner Roman Abramovich following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, competing bidders fighting to replace him.
Meanwhile, Thomas Tuchel and his players operate admirably on the pitch despite the restrictions imposed by the special operating license under which the club operates, and Wilder is not picked up by discussion of a Stamford Bridge crisis.
He said: “For me, the noise that came out when it was – the club is not in danger, is it? There is no situation like a Macclesfield or a Bury in the football pyramid, what happened and really should not happen.
“It’s going to sell and it’s going to be bought by a billionaire, who’s going to invest more money in it, they’ll be going to invest in the stadium, and invest in the facilities, so I do not think there’s going on in football. incredible amount of sympathy about what was happening, really, and I do not think Chelsea supporters expect that either.
“It will be a short time before the takeover and Chelsea will go back and they will continue from strength to strength.”
The license means Chelsea are limited in what they can spend and although those conditions have been relaxed, there has been speculation this week that the team may not be able to fly to Teesside ahead of Saturday night’s sixth round tie against Sky Bet Championship Boro in Riverside Stadium.
Anyway, Wilder said, “They’re not going to make a long coach trip. They look down behind the couch in the afternoon to see if they can find some quid – I usually look at the golf bag, there I keep some quid just for them. away from people – and chuck it into a pot to get on the plane.
“What’s going on? The millionaire footballers are all coming together and hitting a few quids and renting their own private jet. They’re all possibly over £ 100,000 a week – that’s quite a large number, that’s it.
Wilder has a lot of respect for the opposing Tuchel, who distanced himself from his club’s decision this week to ask that the game be played behind closed doors because the Blues are not allowed to sell tickets, and of less than 700 traveling supporter is celebrated. who had already paid for the entrance when the sanctions were introduced.
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– Middlesbrough FC (@Boro) March 18, 2022
The Boro manager was a guest at the Chelsea Boardroom last weekend and while he was well taken care of, he admitted that there was a shortage of “football” people there.
He said: “Maybe if Thomas had made that decision, a footballer would have made that decision, we would not have gone through all the nonsense we went through.
“Pat Nevin, I would say, is a very articulate, intelligent guy who has the Chelsea Football Club close to his heart, he is involved with Chelsea – where was he in the decision? Where was Petr Cech in the decision?
“I’m sure if they had been involved in the decision, it would never have come to pass what happened on Tuesday afternoon.”
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