Boehly says Chelsea masterplan 'coming together'
Chelsea chairman Todd Boehly believes the Blues' plan is finally starting to come together, hailing the "beautiful football" played by Mauricio Pochettino's men in recent weeks.
Chelsea has spent over £1billion on players in less than two years under the Boehly regime, but it has had to wait to see any kind of return on that sizeable investment.
After a dismal 12th-placed Premier League finish in 2022-2023, Chelsea endured a difficult start to its first campaign under Pochettino, but a recent upturn has the Blues eyeing European qualification.
Chelsea has only lost one of its last 12 Premier League games (six wins, five draws), beating Tottenham 2-0 and West Ham 5-0 in its last two to move into the top seven.
With games against Nottingham Forest, Brighton and Hove Albion and Bournemouth to come, the Blues have put themselves in with a chance of securing Europa League football for next season, and Boehly is delighted with their progress.
Speaking at a Sportico conference in Los Angeles, Boehly said: "We've seen the last two and a half games... in the second half at Aston Villa and against Tottenham and West Ham, we played beautiful football.
"It was so fluid, it was exactly the way we drew it up, when we came out of the back, built up and moved up the pitch, it was very organised, then the number of shots we had…
"In those two and a half games, you could really start to see what we were working on coming together."
Chelsea's 5-0 rout of West Ham made it nine wins in its last 11 Premier League games at Stamford Bridge (one draw, one defeat).
Since the start of December, it has earned the joint-most home wins (nine, alongside Arsenal) and home points (28, level with Manchester City) in the Premier League.