Gary Neville has slammed Chelsea’s current situation and believes Boehly is solely responsible for the club’s current predicament.

“It all comes from the top. It’s been chaotic, a mess since day one. Boehly has had a nightmare and misread this league. I’m sure he’ll learn quickly,” Neville told Sky Sports.

“What has happened this season is purely down to him. He needed to keep the footballing department together. He’s the non-footballing department.

“You’re the owner. You’re not a player or a coach. You’ve got no experience in this league so stay where you are and allow the people to run the football club [who have done so] successfully over the last 10 years.

“Try and get a year out of them to learn the ropes and keep the stability and consistency of Chelsea.

“Petr Cech left, Marina Granovskaia left, Thomas Tuchel was gone after a few games and all of a sudden you’re in complete turmoil.

“Then they flipped it to a model giving players eight-year contracts to 22-year-olds!

“When you start sacking groundsmen, physios, sports scientists, directors, managers, then you are throwing everyone under a bus saying, ‘it’s their fault not mine’.

“Chelsea had a successful way of running the club. This is now what Boehly has created.

“He created this mess. Like playing football manager, it’s been terrible.”