Paul Merson: Chelsea’s model means they wont win the league and it’s about profit | OneFootball

Chelsea fan Paul Merson has some big comments to make on Chelsea right now, and I don’t think you’ll find many who disagree.

Merson doesn’t always get it right in terms of his opinion, at least in MY opinion which of course is just another view as opinions are not right or wrong. But there is so much that Merson says that I find myself fully agreeing with, and this is one of those moments.

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Merson is basically saying that due to Chelsea’s recruitment model and how they only buy players that they can spin profit on if they need to, they will not buy a new goalkeeper upgrade and will not build a squad willing to challenge for the Premier League title. And he truly has a point here.

What Merson has said

Robert Sanchez sent off against Manchester United. (Photo by Alex Livesey/Getty Images)

In his latest column for Sky Sports today, Merson wrote:

“The way the club works, there’s no profit in spending big on an established goalkeeper.

“They buy young players to move them on again. Very rarely you buy a goalkeeper for a lorry load of money and move them on for a profit. But I think they have missed a trick, you need a goalkeeper who will save you points.

“Robert Sanchez is a brilliant shot-stopper, but his decision making is poor. He’s always got a mistake in the locker.

“No club has ever won anything without a top goalkeeper. It’s very rare.

“Chelsea have a model that they stick to.

“If there’s no profit in it the player won’t be bought. They buy young at the right market value – that doesn’t really work for a goalkeeper.

“It’s changed at Chelsea, as long as they get in the top four to play Champions League. I still see them among the top five, I see them finishing around the third, fourth, fifth mark.

“At the moment, they aren’t building a squad to win the Premier League.”