Neville: Chelsea owner Boehly just like ex-Man Utd chief Woodward

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9 Feb 2023 • 6:43 AM MYT
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Pundit Gary Neville has compared Chelsea owner Todd Boehly to former Manchester United executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward.

The former United captain has likened Boehly's transfer strategy to that of Woodward when he was with the Red Devils.

He said on Sky Bet's The Overlap: "To me, Todd Boehly smacks of Ed Woodward when he first came to Manchester United and wanted to sign everyone.

"It felt like that at Chelsea in the summer and it was chaotic. Marc Cucurella for 64m and Enzo Fernandez for 107m that's a full-back and a midfielder who will sit at the base of a three.

"The ceiling on those types of players like Rodri, Fabinho, Casemiro they are 50-60m positions.

"These aren't players that are playing in the forward part of the pitch and scoring you 30 goals, so what they're paying for the positions, what they're getting for the money, they just seem like strange transfers.

"I'm not saying the players are no good. They could be really good and could go on to be great. But the fees for players in those positions seem mad to me."