Top EPL clubs and what they get ridiculed for

#3 Chelsea

This fan certainly remembers players from the pre-Mourinho era

Another big spender in recent years, who many argue owe their dominance in the last decade or so to Roman Abramovich’s wallet. Chelsea too are lambasted with hate for their treatment of managers; the recent appointment of Antonio Conte made the Italian the eleventh manager at the Bridge in the Abramovich era. The Chelsea board are often conveyed as being petulant, flippant and lacking concrete football knowledge.

Then there are the fans of the Blues. Across social media they are likened to male prostitutes or ‘rent boys’ and other supporters relish in suggesting Chelsea fans are obsessed with big name players and fail to recall any players pre-Mourinho. The Blues are arguably one of the most hated clubs in England and such dislike emanates from the supposed arrogance of their supporters.

Finally, there’s the treatment of their players. While, in reality, it’s only a handful of players who don’t flourish under the regime at Stamford Bridge, many criticise Chelsea for ‘ruining players’, buying them for big price tags only to diminish said player’s value over the years through restricting their game time or piling too much pressure onto them. Fernando Torres and Juan Mata were a pair particularly poorly dealt with in South London.