Chelsea adrift: Players pay for travel gasoline

who will say Roman Abramovichwhich in February captured the only title missing from its showcases, the Club World Cup, that two months later his team will be one of the most unstable on the planet. That the European and world champion will live in constant tension, with almost no money coming in, awaiting concessions from the Government and the players who put their shoulders to the wheel to prevent further damage.

ay Kai Havertz the threatening before playing with him Lille that if he had to pay for team travel, he would. Thomas Tuchel he offered to drive the bus. “No problem,” the German said. Sounds like a joke, surrealism, but a month later, Cesar AzpilicuetaSi, the captain, pays part of the fuel for the trips.

The English club, which will face off this Wednesday at Real Madrid in the first leg of the quarterfinals Champions League, has fixed assets. The money only goes in for television rights and it goes to a fund set aside to pay salaries. A payroll that, between players and workers, exceeds 30 million euros per month. For this reason, with each day that passes at the club without selling, concerns rise.

The Government gave them some air. They were allowed to spend up to £ 900,000 on games Stamford Bridge and opens the door to sell tickets for meetings away from home, and those at home Champions, FA Cup and feminine. Not so with those Premier, an inconsistent decision for fans. However, they do not collect anything for those tickets. The money will go to Premierthe FA wave UEFA and it will remain there until the situation of the institution is resolved.

There is still no specific date for the sale, although it is expected that between April 11 and 18 there will be a specific and favorite candidate and the operation will close at the end of April. a successor of Abramovich this will leave the list of four that exist today.

Is the owner of Boston CelticsStephen Pagliucathe consortium led by Todd Boehley, co-owner of Los Angeles Dodgers, Martin Broughtonformer president of British Airways and of Liverpooland the family Rickettsowners of Chicago Cubs, and the most controversial of all.

So even more trouble can be made if they are the ones to choose. The situation escalated because some emails were discovered somewhere Joe Ricketts, patriarch of the family, insulted Muslims and called them “enemies”. This is not satisfied on the part of the fans, including the official group of fans Chelseaand the criticism reached the point of making a demonstration out of Stamford Bridge last Saturday, before the fight against Brentford.

There are chants for Abramovich and posters against Ricketts, but there was no large influx of people. Less than a hundred people gathered at the ‘Blue’ temple. Probably not enough to stop the candidacy Rickettswhich aims to be the group’s preferred option Rainethe selections of Abramovich to decide on the sale of Chelsea.

Up against the contrary Brentford, instability resides only in offices, where capacity for action is limited and players can no longer be renewed. Even the Azpilicueta is not on its own whether it is renewed or not. But it is that the goleada of Brentford, who scored four goals for them on one side, also opened a wound on the pitch. Now that’s up to you Real Madrid delve into it or see how Chelsea pull back strength from weakness and be the team that beat them in the semifinals last year.