'And we squandered Ballon d'Or money on Europa League players': Two Chelsea graduates start on Champions League night

Newcastle have named former Chelsea players Lewis Hall and Tino Livramento in their starting XI for the Dortmund game in the Champions League.

Both full-backs could have been plying their trade for the Blues; instead, the club let them go for £28m and £5m, respectively.

A Chelsea fan nicknamed Sebastien has used this example to point out problems with Chelsea's transfer policy.

"Hall and Livramento start in the Champions League what's your excuse Chelsea who barely qualify every other season for 6 years," Sebastien tweeted.

"We had to squander money to buy Europa League level players for Ballon d'Or money because the coach asked us to.

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