Todd Boehly has addressed concerns surrounding the new ownership group at Chelsea – and has hinted at a possible direction the club will move towards in the future.
The U.S billionaire led the consortium that purchased Chelsea in May and brought an end to Roman Abramovich's 19-year reign as owner at Stamford Bridge. But after the decision to sack Thomas Tuchel last week, the majority of Blues supporters have raised concerns about the direction of the club. However, Boehly has outlined the big plans for Chelsea under the new ownership.
The 48-year-old is not an expert in football. And despite his role as interim sporting director this summer, he still lacks experience in the sport. But Boehly is confident his vision can take Chelsea forward and has hinted at implementing a similar model to that of Red Bull and Manchester City to see the Blues progress.
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"We understand game plans and strategies and we’re not expecting to be the football experts," Boehly told SALT.
"We want to find the best talent and we’re going to put those people in place. It’s no different to running any human capital business where it’s all about getting the right resources, making them collaborate getting them organised, and thinking about how you have a global business at a local level.
“We’re going to be continuously adding resources. We’ve talked about having a multi-club model. I would love to continue to build out the footprint. There is different countries where there are advantages to having a club - Red Bull does a really good job with Leipzig and Salzburg, both of which are playing in the Champions League. So they’ve figured out how to make that work.
“You have Man City that also has a big network of clubs. The challenge that Chelsea has right now, or at least one of them, is when you have 18/19/20-year-old superstars, you can loan them out to clubs, but you put their development in someone else’s hands.
“So our goal is to make sure we can show pathways for our young superstars to get onto the Chelsea pitch, while getting them real game time. And for me, the way do that is through another club in a really competitive league in Europe."
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