Chelsea owners have been targeted with a sticker campaign depicting them as clowns due to fan dissatisfaction at Stamford Bridge.
The Blues have endured two miserable seasons on the pitch since Todd Boehly's consortium completed their £4.25bn takeover of the club.
Despite spending more than £1bn since the summer of 2022, the Blues face the prospect of finishing in the bottom half of the Premier League for a second successive season.
The Chelsea Supporters' Trust warned co-controlling owners Todd Boehly and Behdad Eghbali over the potential for fan protests in a 1,500 word letter.
As reported by The Telegraph, stickers depicting Boehly and Clearlake Capital owners Eghbali and Jose Feliciano as clowns, were seen in the concourse area of at least one stand at Stamford Bridge during their 4-2 FA Cup quarter-final victory over Leicester.
The trio are pictured as clowns under the heading ‘Clownlake, three ring circus’.
Underneath their altered images, it says ‘get them out, we want our Chelsea back’.
The Telegraph reported that stickers were seen on official club signage within the stadium, with one appearing to another sticker of owner Roman Abramovich - whose name fans have chanted this season.
Despite the warning from the Chelsea Supporters' Trust, it is unclear as to who is responsible for the stickers or whether they will continue to be displayed during upcoming games at Stamford Bridge.
The club are yet to win a trophy under the current regime, coming closest in a Carabao Cup final defeat at Wembley against Liverpool - who finished off the match with mostly kids due to their injury issues.
This led to Gary Neville labelling the Blues as 'billion pound bottlers' after the game.
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