Owen Hargreaves hits out at Chelsea transfer mistake after Burnley draw

Rosenior went defensive with his substitutions, and the Blues ended the game with six defenders on the pitch, but left Flemming with a free header to equalise.

It’s not the first time the Blues have conceded from a set piece, and Hargreaves thinks a lack of experience in defence will continue to be a problem.

“I think it’s inexperience,” he told Premier League productions.

“You know what, they’re [Chelsea] not even a nasty team, some teams back in the day were properly nasty, got nasty red cards, they’re all quite silly red cards the ones they have got.”

Chelsea’s recruitment model needs to change.

Hargreaves feels the errors stem back to Chelsea’s recruitment and not replacing Thiago Silva, who left at the end of the 2023/2024 campaign.

“Again, it goes back to recruitment. They spent so much money on this squad, they’ve got some brilliant attacking players,” he added.

“The centre-back position and the goalkeeper they need to address, you need experience in there.

“You think they had Thiago Silva, one of the best and they just let him go for free.

“They’ve got all these talented young players, but I don’t think having just young players in the centre-back position is the right decision.”

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