Stamford Bridge at the heart of a new war between Todd Boehly and Behdad Eghbali!

Successor to the Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich in May 2022, after having bought Chelsea alongside his consortium of investors for around 4.5 billion euros, the American businessman, Todd Boehly finds himself today at the at the heart of a power struggle with the Blues’ co-owners, Clearlake Capital. Recently, Bloomberg claimed, in this regard, that the relationship between Todd Boehly and Behdad Eghbali, central figure of Clearlake Capital, had reached a breaking point and that the two businessmen would now be ready to buy each other’s shares. in order to take control. A power struggle symbolized by the existing divergence regarding the future stadium of the Blues.

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This Sunday, The Sun thus affirms that Behdad Eghbali aims to stay at Stamford Bridge and increase the capacity of the stadium to 55,000 people. Total cost of the renovation? 1.5 billion pounds sterling (or 1.8 billion euros). A very different project from that defended by Boehly, who hopes for a new 60,000-seat field near Earl’s Court. It now remains to be seen who will win the battle for the board of directors and will then be able to start the process…