‘COMING INTO THE CLUB WITH A BACKGROUND IN INVESTMENT, IT’S TOUGH TO SEE BOEHLY HAVING THE SAME PASSION FOR CHELSEA AS ABRAMOVICH IN AN EMOTIONAL SENSE’
When Roman Abramovich was forced into selling Chelsea following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine amid the oligarch’s alleged links to Vladimir Putin, it was reported that as many as 200 groups expressed an interest in buying the West London club. A consortium led by American businessman and investor Todd Boehly was successful.
It was second time lucky for Boehly, who tried to buy Chelsea in 2019. It’s been a turbulent period for the Blues since Abramovich rejected that $3 billion bid, after the COVID-19 pandemic wreaked havoc across the footballing world early the next year. Chelsea would end their 2019-20 campaign with defeat to London rivals Arsenal in
