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it is just crazy they have missed the last 2 World Cups now, with that talent they have, and just 8 months after winning the Euros and only 5 months after setting the world record for most consecutive games unbeaten

so you are for the Broughton consortium? I can live with them as well just NO Ricketts or Pagliuca

non sequitur I never claimed they were not well run in the past, nor did I say Boehly was the sole reason for their success I just like his vision

of course, yet I have seen so many deny it for ages, no matter how much evidence I provide

Long ago I said Candy should join with Boehly Candy is a master at building huge projects, and he was easily the one most talking how important it was to build a WC, non cut-rate stadium (he said it would take around £2 billion to do it right, which is correct) plus he is connected AF and is a monster Chels fan Boehly is a genius at club building, the LA Dodgers are the best run baseball team in the world, and I get super good vibes off him Wyss is also connected as well, and is old (87) so isn't going to fuck around and they have a huge money supply to call up in in Clearlake Capital (£60n in assets and they DO spend and build, they are not a slash and burn merchant like Bain) I see no reason why Candy and Catalina Kim (and her massive Korean connections, plus the fact she is a top football agent) could not have replaced the Spuds fan Jonathan Goldstein. I would LOVE to have that team as our owners

This is the only big negative (this is older news) about the Boehly consortium (Jonathan Goldstein) I have no idea why they went with a Spuds lifelong backer and not Nick Candy Nick Candy Denies Wyss-Boehly-Goldstein Super Consortium Rumours Because He 'Doesn't Want a Spurs Fan' as Part of Chelsea Future https://www.si.com/soccer/Chelsea/news/nick-candy-denies-wyss-boehly-goldstein-super-consortium-rumours-because-he-doesnt-want-a-spurs-fan-as-part-of-Chelsea-future British businessman Nick Candy has rubbished rumours that he is looking to join the consortium headed by Todd Boehly, Hansorj Wyss and Jonathan Goldstein. It was reported that Candy was discussing the potential to join the Swiss-American led bid to form a super consortium. However, Candy has now denied this stating that he does not want a lifelong Tottenham Hotspur fan as part of the future of Chelsea Football Club. In a statement released via Nick Purewal, a spokesperson for Candy stated: "There are no talks underway with Nick Candy and the Todd Boehly and Jonathan Goldstein consortium,not least because Mr Candy does not want a lifelong Spurs fan as part of the future ownership of Chelsea Football Club." The Wyss-Boehly consortium are still looking for partners but were also not considering teaming up with Candy, according to other reports. Goldstein, who is part of the consortium, is a lifelong Tottenham fan, which seems to have put Candy off any potential joining of forces.

lol at people who have argued with me for years about how close Roman is to Putin Roman Abramovich 'heads to Poland to act as a negotiator between Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin' According to local media reports, the billionaire took a train to Poland Thursday Investigative journalist Jakob Stachowiak said he used his Portuguese passport Zelensky had previously asked Biden not to impose sanctions on the Russian, saying he 'may turn out to be an important intermediary in peace negotiations' Putin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov yesterday confirmed Abramovich attended a first round of peace talks between the two sides in Belarus https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10653321/Roman-Abramovich-heads-Poland-act-negotiator-Biden-Putin.html

Todd Boehly/Hansjorg Wyss consortium by far the best left

ffs, 4 or 5 more weeks of this SHIT 🤬

Josh Harris and David Blitzer's Chelsea ambition leaves Crystal Palace's hard-won progress in peril Shareholders Blitzer and Harris are the named money behind Sir Martin Broughton’s consortium to buy Chelsea, which could prove problematic https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2022/03/25/josh-harris-david-blitzers-Chelsea-ambition-leaves-crystal-palaces/ Every Friday at 11am, and wherever in the world they find themselves, the four men who control the destiny of Crystal Palace join a call to discuss the challenges, and the rewards, of keeping a venerable, much-loved, once chaotic, club prospering in the Premier League. They are convened by Steve Parish, a native South Londoner who has run Palace since 2010, overseeing arguably the club’s greatest era, in this their longest-ever run in the top flight - which will surely be 10 seasons come May. He is joined by the new single largest shareholder, on 40 per cent, John Textor, a 56-year-old former pro skateboarder from Florida who went into investment and became an early digital industry entrepreneur. With around 38 per cent of Palace between them, the real money is with David Blitzer and Josh Harris – US private equity overlords and bonafide billionaires. Blitzer and Harris bought into Palace in December 2015, after Parish and his then British business partners had overseen promotion to the Premier League and later a 10th-place finish the previous season – still the highest since the glory days of 1990-1991. The £50 million investment from Blitzer and Harris who own NBA franchise the Philadelphia 76ers helped the club to stabilise. Parish himself learned quickly, appointing managers who could keep the team in the league and trading players ever more adroitly. By the time Textor bought in last August, Parish was established as one of the most vocal and influential Premier League executives, both in private shareholders meetings and publicly. Indeed, he was one of the only members of the secretive 20-strong elite of ownerships who was prepared to state the case through the tumult of Project Restart, and then the Big Six conflagrations of Project Big Picture and the European Super League. One might say that Palace have never been in better shape by the time the Chelsea crisis hit English football. Their manager Patrick Vieira, appointed by Parish as others dithered, is having a startling Premier League rookie season. Palace have developed, acquired, or loaned some of the best young English, or English-based, talent. They are in a FA Cup semi-final for the second time in the Parish era, against Chelsea – and yet the future of their ownership is imperilled by their opposition on April 17. Blitzer and Harris are the named money behind Sir Martin Broughton’s consortium to buy Chelsea. No-one from their joint venture Harris-Blitzer Sports and Entertainment is confirming it, although neither are they denying it. Where, the question is, does that leave Palace? “In the case of Josh and David, ‘Oh my god, what sort of history they have in investing across countries and businesses,” Textor said in an interview with the Athletic football podcast last year. “I want the Crystal Palace fans to know, these guys love this team. They are incredibly engaged every single week – they don’t miss it”. He was talking about the weekly Friday morning call, hosted by Parish. All four have equal voting rights as Palace directors and although it is Parish who is running the club on a day-to-day basis, they work towards unanimous votes on all big decisions. There are around 20 shareholders who have some stake in Palace, large or small, with Parish owning around 11 per cent. Textor, who has stakes in Belgian and Brazilian clubs, said that he could have demanded greater power for his money at other clubs but at Palace it was clear. The £87million that he paid for his stake late last year came with a single vote in the tight-knit board of four. That has been the success behind Palace, whether it has been investing in a new Category One academy to take advantage of the rich seam of South London football talent or selling one of those graduates – Aaron Wan-Bissaka – for an outrageous £55million three years ago. That is the delicate equilibrium that has been at the heart of the Palace model – with a deep trust in Parish to make the right calls on the big issues. They have boxed clever, even in the difficult days of Covid. Their last financial results for the 13 months ending July 31, 2020, to take in the extended season, saw losses of around £58million. An interest-free loan from the parent company, and Blitzer and Harris, saw the club through. Palace’s revenue is highly dependent on its Premier League broadcast incomes, £124million in the last pre-pandemic season, which dwarfs the £30million or so combined from commercial and matchday revenue. Although the changing profile of their squad means they do now have young talented sale assets in the event of the relegation apocalypse. Textor’s investment came subsequent to the loan that saw Palace through Covid, which will have released the dependency on Blitzer and Harris’ money. Since then the academy has opened and Marc Guehi and Tyrick Mitchell have reached the England squad. Palace are nothing like the European power Chelsea have become but when they meet in three weeks they will do so as a fellow London club with a distinct identity and as a desirable location for young players seeking to reach the next level. It is a status that Blitzer and Harris know, as well as any, that has taken years of hard work and shrewd choices to attain.

so it looks like it is down to pure highest bid which makes the Ricketts more likely, as they have Griffin's huge pot to call upon (although FT says they are out, which I cannot confirm) Chelsea to be sold “auction style” with preferred bidders confirmed https://www.Chelsea-news.co/2022/03/Chelsea-to-be-sold-auction-style-with-preferred-bidders-confirmed/ The news around the sale of Chelsea is coming thick and fast, as you’d expect, and we’re now pretty much sure who the “preferred bidders” chosen by Raine Group are. The Todd Boehly bid is a very strong one, perhaps the favourite as things stand, and they have made next stage. Seemingly certain to join them are the unpopular Ricketts family bid, and one from a third American sports team owner – Stephen Pagliuca. What we do know, thanks to Ben Jacobs, is that all those groups chosen as preferred bidders will then compete “auction style” for ownership, with the highest bidder taking all. It’s not nice – and most Chelsea fans won’t like the idea that the Ricketts family (for example) can take control if they just put the most money down, but that’s business. All we can do is hope that the Chelsea board have shortlisted a good group to choose from.

Buck was also the cunt who tried to ram us into the Super League, and I am pretty sure was the one who issued that bloody tone deaf request for no fans allowed at BORO

SO fucked up this is a septic inside job almost all the major backing money is US as is the firm handling the sale WTF

If François-Henri Pinault (£50 billion net worth) and CEO/chairman of Kering owner of Gucci Yves Saint Laurent Boucheron Bottega Veneta Balenciaga Alexander McQueen Brioni Girard-Perregaux Ulysse Nardin bought us then............ Gucci kits! 🤣

but Pagliuca has been talked about for days, so how much of 'mystery' can it be?? lol these RW cunts are just coming out of the woodwork like the termites they are Bain is a NOTORIOUS 'strip and sell' acid bath private equity firm they are hated AF by anyone who cares about labour/unions/workers rights In his 2009 book The Buyout of America: How Private Equity Is Destroying Jobs and Killing the American Economy, Josh Kosman described Bain Capital as "notorious for its failure to plough profits back into its businesses," being the first large private-equity firm to derive a large fraction of its revenues from corporate dividends and other distributions. The revenue potential of this strategy, which may "starve" a company of capital. PLUS he is a major shareholder in Atalanta On 19 February 2022, Pagliuca, together with a number of other investors, acquired a 55% stake of Italian Serie A association football club Atalanta. Under the new agreement, Pagliuca was named co-chairman of the club. https://www.danielgeey.com/post/multiple-football-club-ownership-disparities-between-rules/ European club ownership: ENIC and beyond Ownership issues have arisen when one company has had a shareholding in more than one European football club competing in the same UEFA competition. The seminal example is the CAS decision in the ENIC case[1]. ENIC at the time had a minority shareholding in AEK Athens FC (42.8%) and a majority shareholding in Slavia Prague (96.7%), and both clubs qualified for the UEFA Cup competition in the same season. The CAS decision signalled the intention of the football authorities to take measures to ensure that conflicts of interest do not occur between commonly owned clubs. The rule which was subsequently brought into effect by UEFA (‘the UEFA Rule’) effectively prohibited clubs in which ENIC had an ownership stake from competing in the same UEFA competition. However, as the UEFA Rule had only been added after the clubs had already qualified for the following season’s European club competitions (the 1999/2000 season), it only became effective for the 2000/1 season[2]. The ENIC decision stated that a company or a person has an ‘Interest’ in a club when it has: the majority of the shareholders’ voting rights in another club in the same UEFA club competition; the right to appoint or remove a majority of the directors in another club in the same UEFA club competition; or the majority of the shareholders’ voting rights (through a Shareholders’ Agreement) in another club in the same UEFA club competition. The decision prohibited two clubs in which a person or company had an Interest from being admitted into the same UEFA club competition. The CAS stressed the need for transparency and legitimacy in all UEFA competitions. The supporters’ perception of a particular game could be damaged by the differing business aims of two clubs in the same competition in which the same person or company had an Interest. The CAS ruled that, for these purposes, a shareholding of 50.1% or more in two clubs competing in the same UEFA club competition would potentially breach Article 2 of the UEFA Rules on Integrity of Competition[3] (‘the UEFA Integrity Rules’) under the first bullet point, above. Additionally, after the CAS cleared the UEFA Rule in time for the 2000/1 season, a further stipulation was added to the UEFA Integrity Rules. It is now prohibited for a company or person to have an Interest in a club when it has the ability to exercise a ‘decisive influence’ in the decision-making of another club in the same UEFA club competition. In analysing the ENIC decision, it could be suggested that one person or company having an Interest in two clubs could face two significant conflicts, which UEFA was keen to nullify. One interesting situation could arise if a person or company had a 100% ownership stake in a non-PL European club (Team A) competing in the Champions League and had a 49% shareholding (but not an Interest) in a PL club (Team B). That person or company would have a significant shareholding, as defined under the PL Rules (as it is greater than 30%), and would be required to pass the PL FPPT, but the 49% shareholding would not breach the UEFA Integrity Rules. Both teams would be allowed to play in the same competition. The contrast that such a situation presents to the transparent and fair competition rationale espoused in the ENIC decision is a matter of degree. Such questions relating to the integrity of the competition would be heightened, for example, if Team A needed to win a match against Team B to qualify for the next round, whilst Team B was not in a position to qualify for the next stage. Accusations of match fixing and footballing impropriety would almost certainly follow if Team B fielded a weakened team. Definition of ‘control’: the PL v UEFA disparity An anomaly exists between the PL Rules and UEFA Integrity Rules. The PL Rules define control as having a shareholding of 30% or greater. Indeed, PL Rule D.2.2 stipulates that no Individual can have a 10% stake in more than one PL club. Conversely, the UEFA Integrity Rules would suggest that one person or company could have a 100% shareholding in one club and a ‘non-decisive influence’ shareholding in another club competing in the same competition, without breaching the UEFA Integrity Rules. Interestingly, when the CAS upheld the legality of the UEFA Rule in time for the 2000/1 season, the stipulation concerning ‘decisive influence’ was not part of the original UEFA Rule. The ‘decisive influence’ stipulation was added after the decision by UEFA to ensure there was a catch all provision to prevent common ownership under the 50.1% threshold. To some extent, this partially alleviates the fear that a company or person can have a 100% and a 49% shareholding in two clubs in the same UEFA competition. This is still not as prescriptive as the relevant Spanish or PL regulations. In Spain, for example, the shareholding threshold is 5% under Article 17 paragraph (2) of the Royal Decree on Sport Corporations[4]. The rule is even more stringent than the PL 10% stake obligation, but the scope of the Statute only includes the Spanish first and second divisions. It is clear that both the PL and Spanish Rules are stricter than UEFA’s Rules. The PL has put additional mechanisms in place to protect the interests of fair play and competition. The PL should be commended for going above and beyond what UEFA deem necessary to ensure transparency and accountability in order to actively regulate ownership issues. The PL are seemingly taking the lead on this front. It may therefore be an appropriate time to champion a scheme to promote transparency, accountability and fair play in the field of player ownership (described in Part 1 of this two part article) by confronting any sporting conflicts that may arise.

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Todd Ricketts https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Todd_Ricketts Todd M. Ricketts (born September 23, 1969) is an American businessman and politician who is a co-owner of the Chicago Cubs, a member of the TD Ameritrade board of directors, and the current Republican National Committee Finance Chairman. Political activity Once Trump became the presumptive nominee of the Republican Party, Ricketts reversed his stance, throwing his support to Trump.[21] In May 2016, Ricketts was chosen as an at-large member of the Illinois delegation to the Republican National Convention.[23] During the tail end of the general election, Ricketts participated in fundraisers in Chicago for Trump's candidacy and helped to raise money for the pro-Trump super PACs 45 Committee and Future 45, raising over $66 million.[24][18] On November 24, 2016, reports surfaced that President-elect Donald Trump would appoint Ricketts as Deputy Secretary of Commerce.[25] On November 30, 2016, Trump officially announced the nomination of Ricketts as Deputy Secretary of Commerce.[2] On April 19, 2017, Ricketts withdrew his nomination from consideration citing the inability to divest his financial holdings to the satisfaction of the Office of Government Ethics.[3] Nearly nine months later, on January 31, 2018, Ricketts was named the finance chairman for the Republican National Committee. Cubs fans grapple with Ricketts’ politics, support of Trump https://depauliaonline.com/51384/sports/cubs-fans-grapple-with-ricketts-politics-support-of-trump/ Pete Ricketts https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Ricketts John Peter Ricketts (born August 19, 1964) is an American politician and businessman serving as the 40th governor of Nebraska since 2015. He is a member of the Republican Party. Ricketts is the son of Joe Ricketts, founder of TD Ameritrade. He is also, with other family members, a part owner of Major League Baseball's Chicago Cubs. Political positions Critical race theory In 2021, amid a nationwide Republican effort to prohibit or restrict instruction of critical race theory, Ricketts said he opposed critical race theory. Asked to explain what critical race theory was, Ricketts said it was "one that really starts creating those divisions between us about defining who we are based on race and that sort of thing and really not about how to bring us together as Americans rather than—and dividing us and also having a lot of very socialist-type ideas about how that would be implemented in our state." Ricketts also called it "Marxist" and "really un-American."[69] Death penalty Ricketts supports the death penalty. In 2015, he vetoed a bill to abolish capital punishment in Nebraska, but the legislature overrode his veto. In 2016, Ricketts spent part of his family fortune to finance a referendum to reinstate capital punishment in the state. The referendum passed, and in 2018 the state executed Carey Dean Moore, the first inmate put to death in the state in 21 years. Ricketts, a Catholic, rebuffed calls from the Catholic Church to halt executions.[70][71] Donald Trump Ricketts criticized the impeachment of Donald Trump over his request that Ukraine start an investigation into his political rival Joe Biden. Ricketts said the impeachment proceedings were a "partisan impeachment parade" and praised the Senate for acquitting Trump.[72] Cannabis Ricketts opposes legalization of medicinal cannabis. In 2019, he said that its "medicinal value has not been tested", and cited studies suggesting that cannabis adversely affects brain functions. He also pointed to overdoses of the synthetic cannabinoid K2 as a "reminder of how dangerous cannabis can be".[73] In 2021, while the Nebraska legislature was contemplating legalizing medical cannabis, he claimed, "If you legalize marijuana, you’re gonna kill your kids. That’s what the data shows from around the country."[74] Environment Ricketts opposed the Obama administration's Clean Power Plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.[75] He supported the Keystone XL Pipeline, saying it would "create jobs here in Nebraska, lots of tax revenues here in Nebraska, of course help us become less dependent on foreign oil."[76] In 2021, Ricketts said he opposed a proposal by President Joe Biden to preserve 30% of the nation’s land and water by 2030, calling it a "radical climate agenda."[77] Civil rights Before becoming governor, Ricketts supported an initiative to ban affirmative action in Nebraska, donating $15,000 to the group behind the effort.[78] Upon being sworn in as governor, Ricketts appointed former attorney Manra Munn as the executive director of the Nebraska Equal Opportunity Commission. In 2020, Munn was sued for failing to hire Latinos onto the commission.[79] Nebraska Guv: No Vaccine for Undocumented Meat Plant Workers HOW DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? https://www.thedailybeast.com/nebraska-gov-pete-ricketts-says-no-covid-19-vaccine-for-undocumented-meat-plant-workers Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts said Tuesday that only legally documented immigrants will be eligible for a COVID-19 vaccination program in meat-packing plants—which have been hard hit by the virus. “To get the vaccination you gotta be here legally,” he said at a press conference, claiming that the factories don’t hire undocumented workers. The union representing plant workers said that was nonsense. “There is absolutely undocumented workers working in all of the plants,” labor leader Eric Reeder told WOWT. And medical experts said not vaccinating everyone in the factories made no sense from an epidemiological or economic point of view. “These industries have been designated as crucial and essential, so it would seem like we want to protect the people in those industries,” Dr. Mark Rupp of Nebraska Medicine told the station. More than 40,000 plant workers nationwide contracted the virus and more than 200 died. Read it at WOWT Why Is Nebraska Governor Pete Ricketts Acting Extra Crazy? The billionaire’s son has blustered into the culture wars, signalling a potential run for higher office. https://www.thedailybeast.com/why-is-nebraska-governor-pete-ricketts-acting-extra-crazy Billionaire’s scion and Nebraska governor Pete Ricketts set a high watermark for controversy during his first six years in office. There was his “crazy” refusal to lock down the state despite a surge of COVID-19 cases, the unearthed racist messages from his former campaign field director, and his maskless gabfest at a sports bar on election night 2020. (The restaurant worker who filmed the governor was fired.) Yet in recent months the nuttiness quotient has somehow metastasized. Over the summer, the governor fueled a far-right conspiracy that claimed that some of President Biden’s conservation efforts were in fact a private land grab. Then Ricketts dived head first into the culture wars, assailing critical race theory, the playing of the “Black national anthem” at a University of Nebraska basketball game, and other anti-racism efforts at the college. snip The Heartland Billionaire Destroying the Working Class Joe Ricketts’ memoir tells of making it on his own—while crushing unions, scamming customers, and undermining local media https://gen.medium.com/the-heartland-billionaire-destroying-the-working-class-2da8f78320cd

this whole thing is like the world's most expensive hoe stroll in history Chelsea FC being pimped to the world's billionaire set everyone wants a piece of that sweet blue ass

they were not lying when they said they were not fronting for rich Saudi princes, LOLOL

Tuchel was not manager when he was at Dortmund Lucien Favre was

he is a stinker I so stress out when he starts or comes on I am sure he is a nice lad, but he is a poor footballer for Chelsea level

Centricus is a consortium too, and all 4 mains are British and are season Chels ticket holders for ages. Total worth is over £50 billion. The firm partnered with Jonathan Lourie of Cheyne Capital and Bob Finch of Talis Capital on the bid.

Blitzer and Harris are some of the money behind Martin Broughton and British politician Sabastian Coe, just so no one gets confused

was my final 3 figured no Candy because Kim posted her 'unhappy' IG post 2 days ago then deleted it