Jamie Carragher has slammed Chelsea for Roman Abramovich’s statement in which the Russian announced he was handing stewardship of the club to its trustees.The Liverpool legend fumed on Sky Sports ahead of the Reds’ Carabao Cup final clash with Chelsea, where he claimed the Blues “embarrassed themselves”.Abramovich announced on Saturday he would be passing on control of the west London club in a heavily criticised initial statement where he failed to mention Russia’s illegal invasion of Ukraine.And despite Chelsea issuing a short statement on Sunday morning to limit the damage, Carragher believes the club still dealt with the situation embarrassingly.Carragher blasted: "I don't think they've handled it really well.
I think that the couple of statements they've put out - I think it's been really poor."I think they've let themselves down badly."I think the club came out today and put out a statement as well, but I think that was trying to rectify what Roman Abramovich put out the night before."And I don't think they did that well either, really.
So it's not worked out well for them at all. I think they've embarrassed themselves."They should be a lot stronger in what they said." Do you think agree that the Chelsea statements were embarrassing?
Let us know in the comments section.Abramovich’s rare statement saw the Russian billionaire publicly distance himself from Chelsea following Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine.But Carragher stated Abramovich will still remain in control.The ex-defender said: “The thing of Roman Abramovich passing on [the club] to Chelsea trustees, that's not him relinquishing the club."Stewardship is not ownership, it's completely different.
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