Jose Mourinho hits out at “crazy” Chelsea spending, feels club “lost direction”

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·28 septembre 2025

Jose Mourinho hits out at “crazy” Chelsea spending, feels club “lost direction”

Former Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho has hit out at his former club for what he described as “crazy” spending ahead of his return to Stamford Bridge.

Mourinho, who won three Premier League titles across two spells at Chelsea as well as many other trophies is set to return to his former club on Tuesday.

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The Portuguese brings his new side Benfica to west London with both teams looking for their first win in the Champions League after suffering defeats on match day one.

Jose Mourinho hits out at crazy Chelsea spending

Chelsea lost 3-1 to Bayern Munich in their opening game and the pressure will be on to get a positive result especially on the back of consecutive Premier League defeats.

The Blues are very different to when Mourinho was manager, and the club have gone down a totally different route since the Todd Boehly and Clearlake Capital takeover.

Chelsea have invested heavily over the last three years. (Photo by Chris Brunskill/Fantasista/Getty Images)

Chelsea have heavily invested in the playing squad over the last few years, and ahead of his return Mourinho has criticised the Blues for “crazy” spending.

“Chelsea. Abramovich’s Chelsea, my Chelsea, the Chelsea we built and lasted for many years was a winning club,” he told Mail Sport.

“It was winning everything with me and then with (Carlo) Ancelotti, with (Antonio) Conte and with (Thomas) Tuchel. Chelsea was a winning machine, every season, Chelsea was winning.

“Then there was a big change with crazy investment and a period of a few years where it looked like they lost direction – with too many players, too many millions, accumulation of players and a team without a clear philosophy.

“For a couple of years, it was hard. For one that loves the club, it was hard.”