“I would love to continue expanding my footprint in football through another club in a competitive league in Europe,” said the executive.
The owner of the blue team highlighted the movement of the Red Bull factory, which has two clubs in the Champions League (RB Leipzig and RB Salzburg) and is alternating the exchange of young players between clubs, as is the case of Erling Haaland, Dominik Szoboszlai or Benjamin Sesko.
Last May, a consortium led by Todd Boehly took over the London club in an operation valued at 4,250 million pounds sterling (4,971 million euros). Of the total investment made, 2,500 million pounds (2,924 million euros) will go to buy 100% of the club’s shares, while 1,750 million pounds (2,047 million euros) will go to develop the club’s academy, the Chelsea Foundation and other structures.
The change of hands was also accompanied by movements in the offices. After Boehly entered the club, Marina Granovskaia (general director), Bruce Bruck (president) and Petr Cech (sports director) left the entity because the executive did not have them.
After investing more than 260 million euros in transfers this past summer, Boehly also dispensed with the services of the coach, Thomas Tuchel, because “it is the right time to make the transition”, according to a club statement. His replacement, Graham Potter, left Brighton & Hove Albion in exchange for twenty million pounds (22.5 million euros).
The owner of Chelsea also intends to emulate what is done in the NBA or NHL and organize an all-star game with the best players from the north of the UK and those from the south.
Despite having won the Champions League on May 30, 2021, Chelsea closed the 2020-2021 financial year (ended June 30) with losses of 153.4 million pounds (182.7 million euros).
Source: Ambito
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