“That is a real leveller of where this club is compared to Paris,” Cole said on TNT Sports.
“PSG are the gold standard, they are the champions of Europe, but it showed that Chelsea are a million miles away over the course of two legs.
“This isn’t a Liam Rosenior problem. Liam’s doing what he’s doing, he’s just come through the door. This is a problem with strategy and the direction of where the club are going. THis is a real eye-opener to where we are as a club at the moment.
Cole calls out “project” at Chelsea
“There’s a lot of money being spent and we need to really think of what we’re doing and how we’re doing it. That’s simply not good enough,” Cole said. He had previously been pretty positive about the ownership.
“There’s 20-year-olds and 19-year-olds on the pitch today. There’s time to grow, improve and get better. They’ll have better nights in their career. But as a football club, you’ve got to go football club first, not business first. Simple as that, or else you’ll get performances like that.”
