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Published 13:02 15 Mar 2022 GMT
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"'We're going to go to Manchester United, they're a money making machine and we want to become that, we'll go and get their CEO Peter Kenyon, we'll go to Liverpool and get the best midfielder in Europe [Steven Gerrard] and destabilise that club for two summers'. Didn't get him. 'We'll get Ashley Cole, invincible, won everything at Arsenal, yeah, we'll go and get him.' "'We'll get caught tapping-up, doesn't matter, we'll pay the fine.' "England flying at the time with Sven-Göran Eriksson, 'England manager? No, we want him as Chelsea manager, don't worry what he's doing with England, we'll have him and we'll pay the fine don't worry'."However Carragher was criticised by sections of the Chelsea fans on social media for his comments, with one user tweeting: "Don’t disagree with your points about Kenyon, Gerrard, Cole, but, respectfully, the Academy part was wrong," before posting a threat of academy-related achievements. The former Liverpool man then responded by admitting that he had let emotions get the better of him. He said: "Apologies I got a little emotional!" https://twitter.com/Carra23/status/1503500973242785806 On Monday it was reported that a Saudi consortium had made a £2.7bn offer to buy the Blues from Abramovich, however several parties remain interested as the deadline for bids quickly approaches. Related links:
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