Chelsea confirmed yesterday they had agreed for a new ownership group, led by Todd Boehly, Clearlake Capital, Mark Walter and Hansjoerg Wyss, to acquire the Club.
It was in 2019 when Boehly tried to buy the club off Roman Abramovich and a £2.2bn bid was rejected. This approach came shortly after Abramovich decided to withdraw his application for a UK visa and also amid halted progress on Stamford Bridge's redevelopment.
But now in 2022 and with Chelsea up for sale, the American has finally got his wish.
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A brilliant explainer piece by Matt Law for The Telegraph details the background of Boehly leading this consortium and his experience turning the Major League Baseball team the Los Angeles Dodgers into a success.
Speaking to Yahoo Finance last June, Boehly detailed his approach to co-owning part of the Dodgers and his intent to win.
"It all starts from the governance and the culture. Having Earvin Johnson [the former NBA superstar and a co-owner of the Dodgers] as our partner, he just pounded in on us all along [that] we have to win. Right, if you're in LA, you have to win.
"Being able to have LA as a market. Get the team together, get the energy going, we did a lot of transactions early on, we did the biggest trade ever with the Boston Red Sox. We wanted to feel passionate about winning.
"You always have to keep remembering the fans are the centre. And the second that you kind of veer just go back to, 'think about the fans, think about the fans'."
These are all words that will be of encouragement to Chelsea supporters curious over what new ownership could look like. As Law's article also refers to, sources close to the 46-year-old claim he would see Chelsea as a similar project - one where he'd aim to win.
What should come first before any grand plans of winning is the safety and protection of the club, and over 1,000 employees who are unsure what their future looks like. The Chelsea Supporters Trust (CST) has urged the government to "resolve the situation as quickly and transparently as possible."
The CST is also keen to implement the "recommendations of the Fan Led Review released in November, ensuring Chelsea fans are given a golden share by the new owners of the club."
Boehly, by his words, would appear to strike the right tone and would hopefully be open to these proposals that would be groundbreaking for a club of Chelsea's size in the Premier League.
Beyond that clarity, the future of head coach Thomas Tuchel should be of high priority when it comes time for a new owner to resolve issues pertaining to the first-team and coaching staff.
Chelsea are unlikely to find a better coach than Tuchel who has handled the past few weeks extraordinarily well, not only maintaining high-quality performances from his team but handling awkward questions from the media superbly.
Should he succeed in his bid which is expected to complete in late May subject to all necessary regulatory approvals. He along with Wyss and Goldstein has a lot of questions to answer. But based on the plight the club currently finds itself in and other prospective owners, he looks like Chelsea's best option.
