Carlo Ancelotti has warned Chelsea’s owners that they must be patient in their bid to turn the club into a European club again.
BlueCo took over from Roman Abramovich in 2022 – just a year after the west London side won the Champions League – and have gone through managers Thomas Tuchel, Graham Potter and Mauricio Pochettino since then.
Enzo Maresca is the latest manager tasked with taking the Blues forward. The Italian has a core of young players to work with as he tries to build on last season’s sixth-place finish, but Chelsea’s recent approach to the transfer market has attracted criticism.
Current Real Madrid manager Ancelotti, who won the Premier League and FA Cup double in 2009/10 before leaving Stamford Bridge in 2011, says his former club have made good purchases over the years but has urged senior officials such as Todd Boehly to take it easy on their time. the pursuit of future success.
Ahead of Madrid’s pre-season friendly against Chelsea at the Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, North Carolina, Ancelotti told the media: “It’s changed a lot. They have invested a lot of money.
“They have a good team, good players, young. They have a young manager. They need a little patience, the owners, to take experience, to grow. But the players don’t have [made] they are really good.”
Chelsea have added Omari Kellyman, Tosin Adarabioyo, Marc Guiu, Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall, Renato Viega and Caleb Wiley to their squad so far this summer and are expected to lose Conor Gallagher to Atletico Madrid after failing to agree a new contract with the England international. .
The Blues have had a mixed pre-season so far, drawing with League One side Wrexham before losing 4-1 to Celtic. They then defeated Mexican side Club America before being beaten 4-2 by Premier League champions Manchester City.
Madrid, meanwhile, recently escaped to the United States and lost to Clasico rivals Barcelona as players such as Jude Bellingham and Kylian Mbappe were absent.
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