After completing the takeover of Chelsea last May, co-controlling owners Todd Boehly and Clearlake Capital wanted to make a splash 🗝 in the transfer market, partly to show fans their level of ambition but also to signal they would be as 🗝 aggressive as former owner Roman Abramovich was in pursuing top talent.
ESPN reported on Feb. 15 that Boehly met with PSG 🗝 president Nasser Al-Khelaifi at a hotel near the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, where a number of topics were discussed, 🗝 including a deal for Neymar. And that link has resurfaced again in recent days as speculation grows that Neymar will 🗝 leave PSG this summer with a move to the Premier League his desired option.
Chelsea are a collection of individuals right 🗝 now. Adding a brilliant-yet-volatile global star into the mix would risk further disharmony. Former Manchester United defender Gary Neville described 🗝 Newcastle United potentially signing Neymar as "a circus" which would "disrupt" the "foundations" that manager Eddie Howe has laid in 🗝 getting them to third in the Premier League table.
Chelsea have no such foundations. They are rudderless, languishing in 11th place 🗝 in the table, and in desperate need of cohesion and identity. They need to pull together, not to succumb to 🗝 the whim of one sensational but high-maintenance player. They may decide Neymar is worth the hassle and it would undoubtedly 🗝 be fascinating to watch a player of his calibre in the Premier League. But the stakes would be high, especially 🗝 in the context of Financial Fair Play (FFP) compliance.
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