Simon Jordan has insisted club owners have 'no place' in dressing rooms and believes Todd Boehly's speech to Chelsea players showed the owner's desire to express his personal frustrations at the club's struggles.
As previously reported by Mail Sport, Boehly told Chelsea's stars their season was 'embarrassing' in a speech after their 2-1 loss to Brighton on Saturday.
Boehly's comments followed Frank Lampard's post-match team talk which left one player 'disillusioned' after being 'singled out'.
As well as expressing his disappointment at how Chelsea's season had panned out, Boehly tried to lift Lampard's players ahead of Tuesday's Champions League quarter-final second leg against Real Madrid.
The talk appeared to have little impact as the Blues suffered a 2-0 defeat, with Real Madrid advancing 4-0 on aggregate.
Boehly's presence in the dressing room is not unusual, with Lampard having defended the American's right to communicate his frustration to the players.
Speaking on his talkSPORT show, Mail Sport columnist Jordan insisted there was 'no place' for an owner in the dressing room.
'Some of the things that are going on are very ill-advised, it is silly to allow yourself a reputation as someone who goes into dressing rooms and involve yourself in what is going on in there,' said Jordan, who was Crystal Palace chairman between 2000 and 2010.
‘There is no place for you there. Maybe pop in at the start and the end of the season, but you don’t get involved on a regular basis popping into the dressing room. The players are not interested in what you have to say.
Jordan added: 'Players are managed by managers. The moment you bring that relationship you have as a chairman available at certain points to a player, you will find it abused.
'I used to go in every now and then, hide round the back and listen to the team talks - especially [Neil] Warnock - because I enjoyed it and I wanted to get a feel. At the end of the season I'd go in and say "let's pick ourselves up again and go again"
'On a regular basis no because I think it was mixed messaging, it was undermining the manager's authority and I think it allowed relationships to develop with players that were not healthy for the wellbeing of a manager.'
Chelsea's owners have reportedly defended their right to enter the dressing room in a message to talkSPORT host Jim White.
'I asked is it fair or unfair for the ownership to pitch up in the home dressing room afterwards and have a dialogue with the players when things aren't going well?' White said.
'The message tells me "I don't know if it's fair or unfair, but all we ask is the players fight for the fans who invest money, time and energy into the players. We care about winning on and off the pitch".'
Jordan disagreed with the view, claiming the squad would not be lifted by the message and suggested the Boehly's presence in the dressing room was to allow him to express his frustrations.
‘You are not going to impart that message to them as an owner after the game,' Jordan said. 'If you have a manager, that is his job. It is not your job.
‘You do not need to be in the dressing room. The moment you start being in a dressing room you start undermining the manager.
‘When you have a culture being built around a football club that is currently in disarray and an owner walking in after games wanting to remind players.
'This is not someone walking in to say to the players we are altogether. This is clearly someone walking in there to express his frustrations, so you shouldn’t be there.’
Boehly once again headed for dressing room for a 10-minute chat after the Blues Champions League exit.
Their elimination effectively means Chelsea's season is officially over, with no competition left to play for.
They are 11th in the Premier League and suffered third-round exits in both domestic cups, prior to being eliminated from the Champions League.
Veteran defender Thiago Silva appeared to criticise the club's ownership following the loss to Real Madrid.
The Brazilian said that club needed to 'stop and put a strategy in place otherwise next season we could make the same mistakes.'
Boehly has been eager to splash the cash and has delivered £600million investment in the playing squad, only to go backwards.
He elected to axe boss Thomas Tuchel, who had previously delivered Chelsea a Champions League title, for Graham Potter, who has since been sacked himself with Lampard now holding fort until the end of the season.
After the 2-1 league defeat to Brighton, furious fans directed their ire down towards Boehly's box, making their feelings clear.