Paul Merson has launched a scathing attack on Chelsea — but his criticism looks justified after the 5-0 thrashing at the hands of Arsenal.
The Blues are ninth in the Premier League table, 30 points behind league leaders Arsenal. Chelsea are actually closer to relegation than to the Gunners.
Merson, who played for Arsenal but said he's been a Chelsea fan since childhood told Sky Sports: "Three years ago Chelsea were winning the Champions League and now they are getting thrashed by Arsenal. Not long ago it was Arsene Wenger's 1000th game and Chelsea beat Arsenal 6-0. Look at it now.
"To spend a billion pounds on those players… Wow. I mean, I don't know who would sign half of them.
"Enzo Fernandez for £100m and £115m on Moises Caicedo. Who's gone out with the vision that these are going to be the best two midfield players in world football? Because they should be for nearly a quarter of a billion pounds. They should run the show every game.
"It almost seems like agents are sending videos of a player, five-minute clips, and Chelsea have gone, 'I'll take him. Oh my God, how good is he? Look at his clips. Look at him'.
"They've just got a YouTube team together. Like they've looked at clips and put it together and gone, 'this team can play. Look at these.' But it's a million miles off.
"It's a circus. You talk about a bag of revels, that's Chelsea all over. They've spent a billion pounds. They can't score goals and they're relying on one player [Palmer]."
