Hakim Ziyech has slammed Chelsea’s transfer policy under co-owner Todd Boehly which saw players ‘run out of patience’.
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The Blues have spent over £1 billion on transfers since Boehly took over from Roman Abramovich in May 2022 – which has not brought success on the pitch.
Chelsea suffered an abysmal 12th-placed finish last term and splurged £434.5m this summer – the most spent by any club during a transfer window in Premier League history – but they are struggling again and sit 10th after 13 games.
Ziyech, who left Chelsea to join Galatasaray on a season-long loan this summer with an obligation to make the move permanent, feels the Blues squad was too large and was ‘asking for problems’.
‘We had three teams there with top players,’ the Morocco international told Voetbal International.
‘At a certain point we run out of patience. A selection with 40 players for one team is simply far too much and is asking for problems.’
Ziyech admits that he was left ‘nagging with club management’ and was hurt over a failed move to Paris Saint-Germain.
‘Pff, Chelsea, we can talk about that for a long time,’ Ziyech added. ‘But the conclusion is that things did not turn out as we had hoped.
‘It was a period full of coaching changes, nagging with the club management, a departure to Paris Saint-Germain that did not happen at the last minute and it was disappointing in terms of football.’
Ziyech spent three years at Chelsea from 2020 to 2023, making a total of 107 appearances.
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