EPL: Ex-QPR technical chief slams Chelsea’s transfer policy

Former QPR technical chief Les Ferdinand has slammed Chelsea’s transfer policy under owner Todd Boehly.

Ferdinand believes Chelsea’s long-term contracts for their players will create problems if things don’t work out with manager Mauricio Pochettino.

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The former Newcastle striker also insists Chelsea is now a club players will want to avoid.

He told William Hill: “I understand Chelsea’s point of view in the Cole Palmer deal.

“Factor in that they’re trying to manage Financial Fair Play with these long contracts, and the reason why they do it is because the fee amortises – the price they pay for him will reduce for each year on his contract. The problem is that if after two years you change to a manager who doesn’t want Cole Palmer, he’s still sat there for another five years on high wages.

“Chelsea are hoping that as a young player he will have done enough for someone else to want to come and buy him if that situation arises, but if not you face the same problem that they have got with a few of their players at the moment.”

He added: “I look at Chelsea and think that it’s the one club you wouldn’t want to be anywhere near at the moment. They have players at the club who don’t want to be there.

“You look at Romelu Lukaku, he got given a five-year contract and now he doesn’t want to play for the football club, they can’t get rid of him. If you have players like that in your dressing room they are poisonous.

“At the moment Chelsea have quite a lot of those types of players and that makes it very difficult to get anything going in the right direction.”