26 Feb 2026 15:33:07
Quite damning. In the 3rd full season under the new owners, chelsea booked an english record of £342m pre tax loss. Without the selling of assets to ourselves, it would be £582
If chelsea finish below 5th or don't win the UCL, it will be 3/4 seasons without UCL football. In Romans 19 years, we finished outside UCL twice (and won the Premier League in that season).
I won't even mention the FOS sponsor issue. To me, 3 nearly 4 years in, its fair to criticise.
26 Feb 2026 17:27:36
I guess other fans of other clubs have been critical of their owners when it took them ages to win anything. I'm sure someone will remind how long it's taken new owners to win things at other clubs. I have no idea how our loss is presented to the regulators, as far as FFF is concerned, but my guess is the number mentioned will improve considerably for the next few years.
Of course, some fans couldn't wait to be critical of our present owners. I wonder who fans will be critical of if we get a points deduction, massive fine or transfer ban for our 74 supposed offences?
26 Feb 2026 17:51:06
My main problem under the Roman years was that after we won a trophy and looked set to dominate for a couple of years, we'd make some woeful moves in the transfer market. I think it was around 2017 or so when we'd won a big trophy, and were linked to Alex Sandro, Naingollan and some big striker, and ended up with Drinkwater and Zappacosta.
I'm definitely getting mixed up, but I feel like we had a few chances to dominate for a few years, but just couldn't get it over the line.
26 Feb 2026 17:57:07
Tom Let's start with the last one first. Whatever we get with regards to points deductions etc., is entirely down to Roman's ownership, nothing to do with our present owners. Now onto our present owners. They should have taken their time settling in and working out what we needed; instead, they went on a spending spree, taking advice from people they should have ignored.
They moved on from that mistake and went straight into buying youngsters, some excellent, some not so much. What they should have done was bring in some experienced heads. Now with the huge loss, perhaps an injection of £100mil plus through having a FOS might have somehow helped the situation. Hopefully this means the trading slows down and we have a settled squad.
26 Feb 2026 18:09:04
I think we got £40m for our in-house FOS solution for the first year, and approx £20m last year, and apparently the same this year. I agree the rush for change was a mistake, but as I guessed at the time, my concern was always them trying to make supposed statement signings instead of logical signings.
It was a complete horlicks, but as ED02 they are getting better advice now. All clubs make transfer mistakes, and that first season was a complete disaster except for Cucarella. I also think sometimes about how many mistakes RA made.
26 Feb 2026 19:24:45
I know ed2 said they're now getting better advice but really? None of the signings other than Jaoa pedro look that good.
26 Feb 2026 19:56:19
Why wet your knickers and be a drama queen? Surely wait until the club publishes their accounts?
26 Feb 2026 21:28:09
Greenaway and Tom are right, let's just keep waiting. Things may magically work themselves out. Ignore the warning signs, these owners know what they're doing - Todd even runs a successful baseball team! Trust the process - our team of 14-17-year-old wonder kids might just wake up as Barca 2009 in 5 years, and won't that be wonderful?
26 Feb 2026 21:42:41
Kazblue, well said. Standard, I know we all always want an example to support an argument, but if you honestly think Pedro is our only decent signing, then I am just not sure what to say. While we all might have different ideas about players' abilities, I think a hell of a lot of supporters would think Caicedo, Cucarella, Palmer, Neto and Enzo tick most boxes for most supporters.
I also personally believe that Caicedo, Cucarella and Palmer get into most top European sides.
26 Feb 2026 22:03:23
UEFA's report details Chelsea as having made the biggest loss in English football and having the most expensively assembled squad ever. However, there are also bits left out. Simply, Chelsea have had a major corrective season in the transfer market.
They won't be selling stars to survive, and expect to stay compliant with UEFA rules going forward. Standard (and your new poster mate ?), try not to fret too much.