Azharuddin

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[Azharuddin @CFC_Azharuddin]

I've just read Chelsea's 2024/25 accounts. I'm a fan. I love this club. And I'm genuinely scared. Let me walk you through what I found.

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1/ We earned £536m this season. Sounds great right? But it cost us £526m just to keep the doors open. That left £10m gross profit. Last year we made £81m. My local corner shop has better margins than Chelsea FC right now. Where is the money going?

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2/ Then came the line that made me put my phone down. Admin expenses: £639 million. Our entire income was £536m. We somehow spent £103m MORE than we earned just on administration. I'm not an accountant but I know that's not how a business survives. Who signed off on this?

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3/ We're also paying £156m every single year just on debt interest. Not paying the debt off. Just the interest. That's £156m that never touches a player, a coach, a fan experience or the stadium. It just disappears into the pockets of lenders. Every. Single. Year.

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4/ Operating loss this year: £628m. Last year it was £452m. That's £176m worse in just 12 months. This isn't a club going through a rough patch. This is a trajectory. And the trajectory is pointing straight down.

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5/ Total loss for the year: £689,732,000. I keep staring at that number. £690 million pounds. Lost. In one year. At a football club I've supported my whole life. No title. No Champions League. Nothing to show for it. Nothing.

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6/ Last year the club's operations generated +£71m in cash. This year? Negative £522m. That's a £593 million collapse in 12 months. The actual business of running Chelsea Football Club is now deeply, fundamentally cash negative. That should terrify every single one of us.

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7/ Here's the part that really got me. We actually SOLD more players than we bought this year. £174m in, £211m out. We were a net seller. So you can't even blame the transfer spend. The cost structure of this club is broken at its core. Something is very wrong inside.

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8/ So how did we survive? Our owners injected £450m of fresh cash. Then borrowed another £151m on top. £601 million pumped in just to keep Chelsea FC breathing for one more year. This club no longer runs itself. It runs on Boehly's wallet. And wallets have limits.

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9/ We ended the year with £128m in the bank. That sounds fine until you realise every penny of it came from the owner bailout. The club itself generated no cash. That £128m isn't a safety net. It's a countdown clock.

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10/ I'm not writing this to be dramatic. I'm writing this because I took my dad to Stamford Bridge for the first time in 1997. Because I cried in 2012. Because this club means something real to real people.

And right now the people running it are treating it like a spreadsheet experiment.

🔴 PSR breach almost certain
🔴 Points deduction is a real possibility
🔴 Transfer restrictions likely
🔴 Entire survival depends on owner goodwill
🔴 Debt costs rising every year
🔴 No visible path to sustainability
🔴 If owners walk — we have nothing underneath us

We deserve answers. We deserve better. KTBFFH 🔵

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[Azharuddin @CFC_Azharuddin]

@Nat_cfc I feel the same.

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The domestic market is completely out of control. If City goes back with an improved offer, it just validates Forest's ridiculous valuation.

The Big 6 clubs genuinely need to collectively walk away from these deals and force a market correction, otherwise, these prices will never become sustainable.

[Azharuddin @CFC_Azharuddin]

The domestic market is completely out of control. If City goes back with an improved offer, it just validates Forest's ridiculous valuation.

The Big 6 clubs genuinely need to collectively walk away from these deals and force a market correction, otherwise, these prices will never become sustainable.

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The domestic transfer ecosystem is currently suffering from unprecedented hyperinflation.

When clubs like Nottingham Forest demand a £105m+ premium—benchmarking against the Declan Rice deal—for a developing player like Elliot Anderson, it completely distorts market reality.

Elite institutions must collectively withdraw from these inflated domestic negotiations and pivot towards international scouting to force a necessary market correction.

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@AFC_Oladipo Exactly !!!

[Azharuddin @CFC_Azharuddin]

Arsenal fans logic when a transfer target is announced:

If Morgan Rogers accepts ➡️ "Absolute world-class talent, we are cooking!"
If Morgan Rogers says NO ➡️ "He’s mid anyway, Arsenal is a too big club for him."

Morgan Rogers took one look at your empty European cabinet and swiped left.

😂😂

[Azharuddin @CFC_Azharuddin]

Because of this selfish, snake behavior our entire season got destroyed.

Walking out on a project mid-season just because City batted their eyelids at him is disgusting.

I hope our lawyers lock themselves in that room and bleed City dry for every single cent possible.

Don't let him leave without paying a massive penalty! 🐍💰

[Azharuddin @CFC_Azharuddin]

Why Manchester City Is Negotiating Compensation

Chelsea expects a significant financial payout because Enzo Maresca departed Stamford Bridge while still having three-and-a-half years remaining on his five-year contract. 

Chelsea's board believes that Manchester City's approach regarding Pep Guardiola's upcoming vacancy directly contributed to Maresca's mid-season exit. 

The club has reportedly raised concerns over the possibility of Maresca sharing sensitive internal tactical or structural information with a direct Premier League rival.

What Enzo Maresca Did Leading to His Exit :

During the autumn, Maresca explicitly informed Chelsea's hierarchy that he had been the subject of interest from Manchester City. 

He reportedly engaged in behind-the-scenes conflict with the club's board, specifically challenging them over transfer policies. 

This tension, combined with a poor run of form, led to an acrimonious breakdown in his relationship with the club. 

Maresca ultimately left his position on New Year's Day in 2026, a move officially framed as a mutual decision, but one that left Chelsea feeling disrupted mid-season.

#CFC #ChelseaFC

[Azharuddin @CFC_Azharuddin]

It really is better if you just stay quiet! 😂

Flexing raw gross spend while completely ignoring player sales and net spend just proves you don't have a clue how modern transfers work.

We generate massive profits from player sales to balance our books! More importantly, look at what that money bought since 2019: Chelsea won four European trophies (UCL, Super Cup, CWC, Conference League). Man City won three, and even Spurs won the Europa League last year!

Arsenal and United? Over a billion euros spent each for absolutely ZERO European trophies!

😂😂

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@WelBeast 😂😂

[Azharuddin @CFC_Azharuddin]

Securing Éderson for €45m represents a critical athletic and tactical upgrade over a departing Casemiro.

His high-intensity pressing metrics, elite ball-carrying capability, and engine—forged in Atalanta’s incredibly demanding man-to-man system—will inject desperately needed mobility and structural stability into a Manchester United midfield that has been chronically porous in transition phases.

[Azharuddin @CFC_Azharuddin]

@FabrizioRomano United finally signing a midfielder who can actually sprint instead of watching Casemiro jog back during counter-attacks! 😂😂

I won't lie, €45m is decent business for Éderson.

[Azharuddin @CFC_Azharuddin]

You have to admit, this is a very smart and strategic piece of business from United.

Éderson was absolutely phenomenal for Atalanta and brings the exact energy, legs, and ball recovery they have been so desperately missing since Casemiro's form dropped off a cliff.

Getting him for €45m is a very reasonable fee in today's inflated market.

A solid rebuild move.

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This is smart squad planning from Real Madrid.

For €20m, Dumfries provides the exact type of physical, high-intensity, and robust presence needed to fill Carvajal's boots.

He’s highly disciplined, defensively sound, and precisely the kind of functional, serial winner that keeps top clubs dominant at the highest level.

[Azharuddin @CFC_Azharuddin]

Iraola did a brilliant job at Bournemouth getting them to Europe, but taking over a massive club like Liverpool after a disastrous title defense and a fifth-place finish is a huge risk.

Missing out on Xabi Alonso is definitely going to hurt them. He clearly saw the ambition at Chelsea and decided to join us last month instead.

It will be very interesting to see if Liverpool end up regretting that structural decision

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It’s objectively a brilliant decision from Konaté. When Real Madrid comes knocking, you answer the door.

Putting the Saudi money on hold proves he still has massive ambition to play at the highest possible level. Liverpool are going to deeply miss his presence at the back, but you genuinely cannot blame any player for making that specific jump.

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This is a massive coup for Benfica and a devastating blow for Fulham.

Silva did an absolutely incredible job stabilizing them in the Premier League, but you genuinely cannot blame a manager for taking a pay cut to manage a historic Champions League institution and fight for league titles.

It’s a great footballing decision.

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What’s next on the timeline?

“Hope you had a good potty time today CHAMPIONS”? 😂😂

The absolute desperation to force your title into every single basic daily activity is so incredibly cringe.

You finally won something by corruption and now you don't know how to act normal.

😂😂

[Azharuddin @CFC_Azharuddin]

@PeakSxnti Even after winning the league, this clown is right back on Chelsea’s timeline begging for engagement!

😂 😂

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