Chelsea Who Lost Their Self-Defense So They Can No Longer Be Recognized

Chelsea lost their identity. (Photo: Twitter/@ChelseaFC)

JAKARTA - Chelsea are so slumped this season. The Blues seem to have lost their identity. In fact, Didier Drogba was "can no longer recognize" his former club.

The former Blues striker later "attacked" Todd Boehly. He highlighted Boehly's way of handling the club since taking over from Roman Abramovich.

Drogba has openly criticized the club's current regime.

"I know this club in certain classes during the Abramovich era, but today I feel something is missing. It's very difficult for me to see how they get rid of certain people," he told Canal+.

"They have to go back to the principles and values they have. I no longer recognize my club," he continued.

Chelsea have spent more than 600 million on new players since Boehly and a consortium joined last May. Since then Chelsea have released two managers.

Most of the new recruits have yet to find a foothold with the club. Even the Blues started a second leg match against Real Madrid without a pure striker.

It was this buying that seemed careless that made Drogba couldn't stop thinking about it.

"Incorporating players such as Petr Cech, Andriy Shevchenko, Hernan Crespo, Michael Essien, Didier Drogba, Florent Malouda, I continue that it was done to win the title," said Drogba.

"They are players with certain experiences. The strategy is now different; we are betting on young players. But now the dressing room has more than 30 difficult (setted) players for a manager."

Chelsea, under the tutelage of former Drogba teammate Frank Lampard, have seven remaining matches in the gloomy English Premier League.

Lampard is expected to give way to a new permanent head coach at the end of the season, but he is more positive in assessing the future than Drogba.

"People will make a lot of things about this season for Chelsea because we have achieved so much success. In fact, this club will come back," said Lampard.

"We have to get up. We are lucky to have been successful for 20 years. Many clubs in the Premier League dream of our success. So this is the year we are not where we want to be and there is reason for the transition," he said again.