Chelsea responded to Leeds‘ relegation from the Premier League with a scathing social media statement. Leeds celebrated their 3-0 win over the West Londoners in an August tweet, which the Blues revisited.
Leeds were relegated to the Championship after a 4-1 loss against Tottenham on Sunday. Sam Allardyce’s team needed to win and hope that Leicester and Everton both lost – but on a thrilling final day, both of their relegation opponents triumphed, with Leicester joining Leeds in being demoted.
Chelsea, who had a dismal season of their own, couldn’t help but make fun of Leeds’ demise. They revived an August tweet mocking their rivals’ relegation.
At the start of the season, the Blues were humiliated at Elland Road. Chelsea tweeted during the game that their team had “started to assert themselves” just moments before Leeds scored two quick goals. Leeds City took a screenshot of the initial tweet as well as Chelsea’s posts, confirming goals by Brenden Aaronson and Rodrigo, captioning it “Life comes at you fast.”
However, after Leeds’ relegation was confirmed on Sunday, Chelsea retweeted Leeds’ post with the harsh retort: “It certainly does.”
Leeds’ victory over Chelsea was one of the season’s few high points. Jesse Marsch was fired in February, and his replacement, Javi Gracia, lasted just 11 Premier League games. Allardyce was handed the final four games to save the Yorkshire club from relegation, but he ultimately failed.
Chelsea had a terrible season as well, and many may see the irony in Leeds’ social media takedown. Thomas Tuchel was fired shortly after the visit to Elland Road, and Graham Potter lasted only six months before being fired.
The West Londoners have spent £600 million on new players since being taken over by the Boehly-Clearlake group a year ago, yet have only finished 12th. Frank Lampard, the caretaker manager, only managed one win in 11 games.
Lampard ripped into the Blues’ core following their 1-1 loss with Newcastle. “The standards collectively have dropped. I can be honest about that now that it’s my last game, I might not see some of them that much anymore,” he said.
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“The standards of the collective for a club like Chelsea have to be at the maximum or you won’t be physically competitive enough, or you won’t be able to play at a high level. If you’re not together in the dressing room, and you’re not vocal in the dressing room, driving each other and competitive because I want your place and you want mine. Any top team has to have that.”
Chelsea’s new manager is widely likely to be Mauricio Pochettino. Following a rigorous recruitment process headed by Todd Boehly and the American fellow co-owners, the former Tottenham manager emerged as the preferred candidate.
