Craig Burley
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Do you know what they've done?
Listen, to go back to the point about being the victim, I don't know about you guys' opinion,
Enzo Fernandes, I admire him as a player, but he annoys me as an individual when he's on the field.
So I'm not really holding a candle for him, to be honest with you.
But if you want to really annoy your top players, if you want to lose them, if you want to lose them, you try and muzzle them.
If you want to lose them, you suspend them for big games.
That's not how you get players back on board.
That's how you get players to go to their agent and go, whatever happens, get me out of here.
And who could blame some of these Chelsea players?
Because of the way the clubs run, like Stevie said, because of the way the manager talks, because of some of the results.
I don't agree with everything people say, but they're entitled to come out and say stuff.
As long as it's not derogatory to the club, the manager or any personnel within the club, which this is not.
Players come and go, and agents work behind the scenes to get players' moves.
This goes on every week, every month of the year.
And whether Enzo Fernandes has been clever about it or not, suspending a player, you're only driving him away.
And by the way, you're sending a warning to other players, basically, that you need to shut up, otherwise we'll sanction you.
Now, of course, Enzo Fernandes hasn't been the only one that's been speaking out during International Week.
We discussed this yesterday.
Just to remind you what Cucurella has said on Chelsea's transfer policy, signing young players only might complicate fighting for major trophies.