Despite Chelsea losing 4-1 on Thursday, to many supporters that was not the most disappointing thing to take place that evening. That is because Levi Colwill, who presents significant hope for the future, chose to post a photo of himself and former Blues man Billy Gilmour on social media just minutes after Manchester United had completed their demolition of his parent club.
The twitter post was in reply to someone asking how is evening was going, with the user of that account likely having full knowledge of Chelsea's shambolic display at Old Trafford. Colwill subsequently replied with an image of him and Gilmour smiling captioned, "lovely". There is of course no guarantee anyone can prove that his post was explicitly directed at Chelsea, but what can be said, is it was certainly poorly-timed.
The 22-year-old is coming off the back of a superb loan spell at Brighton where he helped the Seagulls secure European football earlier this week with a draw against Manchester City. Following that match, Colwill took part in an interview where he forgot he was a Chelsea player, while manager Roberto De Zerbi has stressed on several occasions how much he likes Colwill and wants to keep him.
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While those three moments don't appear to bode well for Colwill's future in west London, football.london understands that the Blues have been very impressed with Colwill's progress and he's expected to be a key player under Mauricio Pochettino.
His choices on Thursday evening have not gone down well at all with the Chelsea fanbase though and while some may be reactionary verdicts filled with anger, supporters seemed to make their feelings perfectly clear.
@FutbolCheIsea - I think that’s a poor tweet from Levi Colwill. Disrespectful and unprofessional to the club that has nurtured him from a young age and helped him become the player that he is. Do better, @levi_colwill
@tovers98 - That tweet from Levi Colwill is legitimately more disappointing than the result tonight.
@JoshlbCFC - Sell him, that may be worse than lukaku, weve done nothing but praise colwill. Use the funds to bring me Caicedo, and ALSO buy ugarte
@kennaz_ - Levi Colwill isn't that good if we're being honest...just another Tino Livramento
@Yaser_moha - Kid you think you are prime Maldini ? Who are you to disrespect the club that took care of you since you were a little kid? We have better options in LCB now and in the future anyway.
@FelixJohnston_ - This is very poor… Incredibly disrespectful. I’m literally Levi’s biggest supporter too, everyone knows that, but this ain’t it at all. Have some self-awareness.
@dagi_nyaga - Players are no longer proud of their parent club
@ObjectiveLee_ - Obviously doesn't look great with the context, but no need to read too much into it. It's just him posting a picture with a mate. Not an intentional hit at us
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