Didier Drogba criticises Todd Boehly at Chelsea after Real Madrid defeat - 'I knew this club with a certain class'

Didier Drogba says he «no longer recognises» Chelsea and accuses the club's owners of «lacking class» since the club was sold last year by Roman Abramovich to Todd Boehly and Clearlake Capital. Chelsea were knocked out of the Champions League after a 2-0 defeat to Real Madrid at Stamford Bridge on Tuesday night. Ad Two goals from Rodrygo ensured a 4-0 aggregate win for the La Liga champions and extended Chelsea's winless run in all competitions to seven matches with interim boss Frank Lampard overseeing their fourth loss in a row.

Champions LeagueLampard 'won't let anyone off the hook’ during run-in11 HOURS AGO Influential personnel at Chelsea such as Bruce Buck, Marina Granovskaia and Petr Cech left the club soon after Boehly's consortium completed a full takeover of the London club in May 2022. Drogba, a club legend who scored the Blues' winning penalty in the Champions League final against Bayern Munich in 2012, has criticised the club's current regime. «I knew this club with a certain class during the Abramovich era, but today I find it lacking,» he told Canal+.

«It’s very hard for me to see how they got rid of certain people. They should go back to the principles and values they had. »I no longer recognise my club.

There is a new owner and a new vision. Of course, we try to compare it with what happened during the [Roman] Abramovich era where a lot of players were brought in, but the decisions were very intelligent. «Bringing in players like Petr Cech, Andriy Shevchenko, Hernan Crespo, Michael Essien, Didier Drogba, Florent Malouda, and I go on.

It was done to win titles. »They are players with a certain experience. The strategy is now different; we bet on young players.