CHELSEA fans are convinced Sky Sports “turned up” microphones following a critical chant about the club’s owners.
Tensions are rising between supporters and owners Todd Boehly and Behdad Eghbali following Enzo Maresca’s exit and Liam Rosenior’s appointment.
Rosenior – who takes over after leaving the Blues’ sister side Strasbourg – was in the Craven Cottage stands to watch his new team lose 2-1 to Fulham.
And during the second half, travelling Chelsea fans could be heard protesting against Eghbali, who owns private investment firm Clearlake Capital.
“We don’t care about Clearlake, they don’t care about us, all we care about is Chelsea FC,” Blues supporters could be heard chanting.
And fans were convinced Sky actually heightened the volume so it could be heard more clearly on TV.
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One fan account posted: “Sky have turned the microphones up.”
Another said: “Most blatant microphone volume raise in history.”
A banner calling for BlueCo – who own Chelsea – to leave the club was also spotted in the away end at Fulham.
Maresca left on the back of winning the Conference League and revamped Club World Cup following a breakdown with the board.
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And the appointment of Rosenior – who managed Derby and Hull before Strasbourg – has proven underwhelming for fans.
Under 21’s manager Calum McFarlane took charge for Chelsea’s 1-1 draw at City and loss to Fulham, but will now hand over the reins to Rosenior.
McFarlane said: “Liam came in yesterday, probably an hour before we were training. We were having a team meeting to outline what training looked like.
“He came in before that. He spoke to the players about how excited he is to be at the club, his values, what he wants to bring to the team, what the objectives are.
“He then stepped away, he watched training. I caught up with Liam after training to go through where he’d seen the game plan from the meetings, because he’d watched the meetings back at another point.
“He saw training, he watched us train. I spoke to him afterwards about what we’re going after today.
“Because he’s come in so late, we’ve already done the prep, so he’s left it to us.
Other than encouraging words, other than being really complimentary about the work that we’ve done, he’s given us free rein to pick the team, to decide the tactics.
“We’re pretty aligned in how we think about football anyway, so if it was completely the other way, maybe it’s different.
“He’s been really, really respectful and trusting and let us get on with this job before he starts with the group tomorrow.
