Chelsea legend Joe Cole has revealed one appointment Todd Boehly has failed to make as Chelsea owner.

Cole said: “I can only assume that Paul Winstanley, Laurence Stewart, Christopher Vivell and Joe Shields, the four recruitment directors, can assess the market as well as anyone in that position.

“But who might tell them about the other aspects of what it takes to play for this club? And also, the signs that suggest a player might not be capable?

“When Petr Cech was part of the last Roman Abramovich administration, I felt sure that there was a connection with the days of the most successful teams of the previous decades. ‘Who provides that now?'”