62 h. ago Chelsea owner Todd Boehly eyes deal to buy newspaper publisher National World

It comes amid reports the US businessman is seeking to buy The Telegraph newspaper business and would merge it with National World.

Economics

3 d. ago Todd Boehly slammed for involvement in £6,000 tickets for Chelsea vs Liverpool

Chelsea co-owner Todd Boehly is coming under fire for his involvement in a Premier League ticket touting website which is ripping off the supporters of his own club

Economics

3 d. ago Chelsea must submit bid for Earl’s Court or risk missing out on stadium chance

Club look at Earl’s Court as possible site for new groundCounter proposal by developers does not include stadiumChelsea risk missing out on the chance to move to Earl’s Court if they fail to submit a bid for the site quickly enough.Increasing Stamford Bridge’s 40,343 capacity has been a key issue since the Todd Boehly-Clearlake Capital takeover in 2022 but the difficulty of redeveloping the ground has led the board to look for a new home. It is understood Chelsea have held talks in recent months with various figures who will have a say over the future of the Earl’s Court site. Continue reading...

Events

3 d. ago Simon Jordan reveals Chelsea talks as he hints at Stamford Bridge job with Todd Boehly

Todd Boehly is coming up to three years of involvement at Chelsea and Simon Jordan believes that he could benefit from his expertise after the two men held discussions

Politics

4 d. ago Chelsea fans call for investigation into Todd Boehly’s links with ticketing website

Boehly is a director and investor in resale website Vivid Seats

Sport

4 d. ago Chelsea fans call for investigation into Todd Boehly’s links with ticket resale website

Chelsea Supporters’ Trust urges Premier League to actClub co-owner is director and investor in Vivid SeatsThe Chelsea Supporters’ Trust has written to the Premier League chief executive, Richard Masters, calling for an investigation into the connections of the club’s co-owner Todd Boehly with the ticket exchange and resale company Vivid Seats.Boehly is a director and investor in Vivid Seats, an American site that allows users outside the United Kingdom to buy and sell tickets to concerts and sporting events, often at huge mark-ups. British fans cannot use the site or others like it because it is illegal to resell football tickets in this way in the UK. The Premier League lists Vivid Seats as an “unauthorised ticket website”. Continue reading...

Sport

4 d. ago Chelsea Supporters’ Trust call for action against Todd Boehly over involvement in ticket website Vivid Seats

Premier League view it as an “unauthorised ticket website” but overseas fans can use platform to attend fixtures

Sport

4 d. ago Chelsea fans launch complaint to Premier League over Todd Boehly conflict of interest

Chelsea's Supporters Trust have written to Premier League chief executive Richard Masters about Todd Boehly's ownership of a ticketing resale site that the league says is unauthorised

Sport

6 d. ago Chelsea owners may ‘go different ways’ over Stamford Bridge plans – Todd Boehly

Boehly owns just under 37 per cent of the west London club with the Clearlake Capital consortium fronted by Behdad Eghbali owning most of the rest.

Politics

6 d. ago Todd Boehly suggests Chelsea ownership could split over stadium decision

The billionaire insisted the shareholders are ‘aligned’ but indicated plans for the stadium’s future could cause a deeper rift

Politics

6 d. ago Todd Boehly makes huge claim about split in Chelsea ownership over one key issue

Todd Boehly says he is aligned with Clearlake Capital over Chelsea's long-term strategy but admits a possible dispute over stadium plans could see them part ways

Politics

6 d. ago Todd Boehly issues warning over Chelsea stadium plan and what could split Clearlake partnership

Boehly suggests Blues co-owners will part ways if they disagree on redeveloping Stamford Bridge or going elsewhere

Events

6 d. ago Boehly reveals Chelsea owners likely to split if they disagree over stadium plan

Club to choose between Earl’s Court and Stamford BridgeBoehly says status quo with Clearlake Capital is ‘just fine’Todd Boehly has said plans over Chelsea’s stadium redevelopment will define whether he stays in partnership with the club’s majority shareholder, Clearlake Capital. Boehly and Clearlake have an uneasy relationship and have both explored the possibility of buying each other out. The mood has cooled since differences spilled out into the open this season but tension over Chelsea’s future direction persists.A key issue to resolve is whether Chelsea should leave Stamford Bridge or expand its capacity of about 40,000. Redeveloping is not straightforward and talks about moving to Earl’s Court have continued. There is no consensus on whether to make an offer for the Earl’s Court site. Continue reading...

Politics

3 w. ago ‘It’s so exciting to be in on this’: why Chelsea owners bought into the Hundred

Jonathan Goldstein, who with Todd Boehly spent £40m to buy half of Trent Rockets, say English cricket has been ‘significantly underexploited’ until nowAs a man who has negotiated with Roman Abramovich and Daniel Levy, Jonathan Goldstein is no novice when it comes to investing in sport, but even he professes to have been stunned and thrilled when participating in last month’s Hundred auction.The Chelsea director “maintained discipline” as a rival Silicon Valley consortium featuring the chief executives of Microsoft and Google paid £144m for 49% of London Spirit. He then returned to the England and Wales Cricket Board’s virtual auction room the following week to buy half of Trent Rockets for £40m, in partnership with Todd Boehly, the Chelsea co-owner and chair, and the private equity company Ares Management. Continue reading...

Politics

3 w. ago Copenhagen vs Chelsea LIVE: Conference League result, latest updates and reaction after tight win

Chelsea will be confident of completing the job at Stamford Bridge next week

Sport

3 w. ago Jose Mourinho 'racism' storm slammed as an insult to fight against real discrimination

BRENT A GOB: This week, Harry's turned his rant rifle on the Jose Mourinho racism storm, the anti-Todd Boehly protest Chelsea fans held, and simplistic football commentators

Events

3 w. ago Chelsea fans grapple with the art of omission by Boehly’s trainee regime | Jonathan Liew

Think it is easy spending £1bn with no silverware in return? Leave it out! Letting down supporters is harder than it looks“The one thing I’ve learned about the British press is they exaggerate a lot and leave stuff out.” The words of Todd Boehly there, the jaw-droppingly handsome Chelsea chair whose name was being sung so passionately by fans outside Stamford Bridge last week. “We want Boehly ! We want Boehly !” they sang in their thousands, alongside a sea of banners bearing the words “BOEHLY ” and “CLEARLAKE & BLUECO ”.Clearly Chelsea fans cannot get enough of their hybrid-leadership apparat, and frankly who can blame them when their leaders are in this vein of form? Perhaps, as a functional human with a life, you missed Boehly’s appearance at the Financial Times Business of Football Summit on Thursday, where he treated the audience to a little of the privileged wisdom he has accumulated during his 33 months in the game. Continue reading...

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