Jamie Carragher says it's "hypocritical" of Chelsea supporters to attack him for suggesting that now would be the perfect time for Manchester United to poach Thomas Tuchel from Stamford Bridge.
Last week, Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich, and also the club, were hit with sanctions by the UK government, leaving them with an uncertain future.
In his column for The Telegraph, Carragher wrote that "Manchester United have been presented with the ideal opportunity to recruit the manager who should be their number one target: Thomas Tuchel."
"It’s fair to say I had a few heated discussions, shall we say, at Stamford Bridge [on Sunday]," Carragher said on Sky Sports' Monday Night Football.
"The Chelsea supporters, the same as any supporters, are very passionate about their club and this moment feel like the world is attacking them, and they are defending their club - I get that. There were a few conversations about that.
Jamie Carragher: 'Chelsea have been doing that for 20 years'
🗣 "It's a little bit hypocritical of Chelsea supporters."@Carra23 discusses the recent backlash he has received over comments he made at Stamford Bridge, urging #MUFC to try and bring Thomas Tuchel to Old Trafford following sanctions placed on Chelsea. pic.twitter.com/XM7qIrlIeK
— Sky Sports News (@SkySportsNews) March 14, 2022
"I wouldn’t change my opinion on it and the reason why I think it’s a little bit hypocritical of Chelsea supporters is that if teams are going to take advantage of the situation that they are in right now, Chelsea have been doing that for 20 years.
"That was the big thing of Roman Abramovich coming – we can throw our money about and get who we want. We’re gonna go to Manchester United, they’re a money-making machine, we want to become that, we’ll go and get Peter Kenyon, their CEO.
"We’ll go to Liverpool and take the best midfield player 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. 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-Goran Eriksson… England manager? No, we want him as Chelsea manager. Don’t worry what he's doing with the FA or England, we'll have him, and we’ll pay the fine."
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