Todd Boehly added Strasbourg to his football club portfolio over the summer.

The supporters of RC Strasbourg, who “don’t want the incompetence that reigns at Chelsea,” have blasted Todd Boehly and his BlueCo company.

Despite strong criticism from the supporters of the Ligue 1 team, the owners of Chelsea added Strasbourg to their list of clubs over the summer.

Following a string of losses, Patrick Vieira’s team has only collected four points from their previous five games after starting the season with two wins from two. As a result, they are currently 11th in the French first flight.

Because of the bad performance, supporters have taken issue with the club’s ownership in an open letter to club president Marc Keller.

The Fédération Supporters RCS letter said, “Following BlueCo’s purchase, the 2023 summer transfer window is our first element of analysis and our first major worry.”

“The club is exposed to a sporting risk that the owners should have better shielded us from, due to the sole recruitment of extremely young players who are not yet operational and may be crippled by their over-exposure.

“On a sporting level, BlueCo’s requirement to only purchase very young aspirants is absurd, and the fans now have no affinity for their side.

“After this transfer window, which seems far from the declared ambition, the supporters who maintained that, since the purchase of Racing, we are only a training center and a secondary piece in a global business, have gained credit.”

During the summer, Strasbourg spent a total of €56 million on four 20-year-olds and one 21-year-old. Aside from the cost, their transfer philosophy is identical to Chelsea’s.

However, the Strasbourg supporters are not soothed by the current turmoil of their “big brother,” who are in the lower part of the Premier League, and they have not found solace in adopting the Chelsea model.

“Having money without skill doesn’t pay off, and Chelsea, our so-called ‘big brother,’ who has spent a lot of money but fallen down the English social ladder, is a good example to follow,” the letter said in its conclusion.

“At RCSA, we refuse to accept the incompetence that pervades Chelsea. Not in a direct or indirect manner. We also want to remind you that multi-club ownership poses a threat to football, independent of the Strasbourg case.

The pyramid structure that this system is gradually putting in place—even more so than it was before—runs the risk of reducing the majority of clubs to a single goal of helping the few clubs at the top of the pyramid make money for their operations and nurturing young players. It is evidently a very concerning viewpoint.