The transfer windows follow one another and are all the same at Chelsea. A year after having spent more than 400 million euros to rebuild their squad – with the signings of Moisés Caicedo, Roméo Lavia, Christopher Nkunku, Cole Palmer and Nicolas Jackson – the Blues have once again got the money machine running during the summer. João Félix, Pedro Neto and others like Marc Guiu have been added to an already plethora of squads, with the aim of returning to the Champions League.
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Disagreements over the transfer window
This is the stated ambition of the owners, who cannot be satisfied with the sixth place obtained last season. If there are changes among the players but also on the bench, with the appointment of Enzo Maresca, former assistant to Pep Guardiola, replacing Mauricio Pochettino, a new turn could also be taken at the level of the club’s shareholders.
According to several media outlets including Bloomberg, current chairman Todd Boehly is thinking about stepping down and selling his shares. Chelsea’s majority shareholder, investment firm Clearlake Capital, currently owns 61.54%, with the remaining 38.46% being shared between three businessmen Todd Boehly, Mark Walter and Hansjorg Wyss. Clearlake Capital, whose co-founder Behdad Eghbali is reportedly on bad terms with Boehly, could buy out the latter’s shares.
Boehly, who also owns the Los Angeles Dodgers through the Guggenheim Baseball Management consortium, is said to have disagreements with the other owners over the management of recruiting and Chelsea’s sporting policy.
- RMC Sport
