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Another American name now coming into the picture along with Wyss. Todd Boehly, who partly owns the LA Dodgers and Lakers as well as the Cloud9 eSports org. Big time into sports and entertainment. Tried to tempt Roman with a bid a couple years ago. Seems like he could be part of the team of billionaires who will bid together. This is the kind of guy that I think could be promising. He’s all about star power, flash, and Hollywood entertainment. Will probably want to see Chelsea continue to boom in America.

It’s just weird. I doubt he would be Roman’s first choice under normal circumstances. Having seen Newcastle get approval for their Arab owners to take over I’m actually kind of shocked that one of the other ones has come in for us. The UK government clearly had no problems there despite the blatant human rights issues in those countries. But Abramovich’s mere connection to Putin gets him run out of the country.

I’m talking just him on a personal level. Looks like he’s huge into philanthropy and environmental issues which is great.The football side of things is indeed very concerning. I’ll reserve judgment until we actually hear the plan. And again, this guy is nearly 90 years old. What happens within the next 5 years when the inevitable happens? Very weird choice of new ownership.

Sounds like this is happening and quite quickly. Looks like we will be a Swiss/American owned club soon. I hope this new ownership group are serious about keeping us at the top level. And I assume/hope Marina will be kept in place. She and the team around her will know what it takes to maintain our levels. On a brighter note, this Wyss guy seems like a genuinely good human being as far as billionaires go from what little I’ve read. Perhaps there will be a bit less venom and hatred in the media for Chelsea going forward…

I’m just afraid of us going the way of Man United. An ownership group who don’t give a single shit about the team on the pitch but rather only the “product” off it. Someone or some consortium who is constantly taking dividends out of the club and lining their pockets rather than getting the manager what he needs. I pray that Roman is smart enough not to sell to someone like that. Because if he does we’re going to see City win the league nearly uncontested for as long as Pep is there. Liverpool’s attacker will get old soon and they’ll slip away gradually while City’s owners with infinite money will continue to spend their way to titles.

Swiss billionaire Hansjörg Wyss has just given an interview saying he’s considering buying the club and has spoken directly to Roman. This dude is nearly 90 years old and is “only” worth about $5B, or about a third of what Abramovich is worth. Sounds like a bad idea. How much could someone that old be truly invested emotionally in a football club? And will someone who isn’t a mega-billionaire afford to spend the money necessary to keep us competitive? I’d like to hope that Roman, who is easily the most passionate owner in the league and who desperately wanted us to be the very best, would carefully select his successor. Someone who will take care of the club as well as he did.

If he sells I think it’s still most likely to be an American buyer. American mega-billionaires will have seen how much the popularity of football has exploded here in America and want a piece of the pie. And as I mentioned a few days ago Chelsea is perhaps the best possible club someone can buy due to the size and stature of the club, the location, the popularity (and thus money making potential) and the fact that we’re set up to succeed for the foreseeable future without a major rebuild and massive initial investment into the playing squad. Really the only downside for a prospective buyer is our small and aging stadium. But after the two traditional juggernauts in Liverpool and United, Chelsea is probably the most attractive club to want to own.

Bezos can come in and buy us. Cover the debt with the change in his sofa cushions. 😂

Wonder how it would impact Kai if Werner leaves. They seem like great mates off the pitch. Of all the big signings we’ve made recently Werner is the one that makes me the saddest because his situation is so inexplicable. Goes from one of the most dangerous forwards in Europe to a player opposition fans laugh at. It’ll be a real shame if he goes as he seems like a top guy. And I think he’ll go back to Germany and rediscover himself.

While I thought we mostly handled him well yesterday, Luis Diaz is the exact sort of wide player we need this summer. Someone you can play the ball out to over and over and he will aggressively attack in 1v1 situations. Pulisic is like that when in top form. CHO was sort of like that before he got his big injury and now he can beat anyone out wide. Ziyech is more of a dead ball specialist who can’t really run past players consistently. And sadly it looks like Werner is never going to come good at Chelsea. I think Werner goes this summer for sure. For his sake more than anything. So at least 1 wide player will certainly come in. If the choice is between Raphinha and Dembele I’d definitely choose Raphinha but both fit the bill.

Sad to lose a final in such dramatic fashion but it’s the League Cup so it’s hard to get upset. Especially after such an encouraging performance. Thought we were every bit as good as they were and if we had our full strength XI all season we’d be right there with them competeting for the league. Delighted that Reece is back and looked good having not played in a couple months.

Salah just flops to the ground and wins that free kick. Cons the ref YET AGAIN.

The replay I saw showed him comfortably onside.

Our best performance in months but zero composure in the box. Two sitters missed that could cost us dearly.

Yeah, this could get really ugly if we don’t play proactively and try to go at them. If we cede control to them they’ll just try to abuse Alonso and Azpi on each flank as often as they can. We need to be aggressive and try to pin their fullbacks deep.

Hope we give a great account of ours.eves here and don’t play as poorly as we have recently. With the form Liverpool are in they could completely batter us if we aren’t careful.

Seems like rather than just directing their venom at Abramovich himself the entire football world is treating Chelsea itself as the enemy. So we can probably expect an extremely hostile, poisonous atmosphere at Wembley today and for the remainder of the season. Hopefully the players don’t get rattled.

All of these journalists and pundits baying for the blood of Roman (figuratively) is one thing. It’s almost understandable given the horrible situation in Ukraine. But all these assholes almost begging for action against our club itself are disgusting. Why the fuck should the players, the coaches, the staff, and most importantly the tens of millions of supporters be punished at all? Nearly every one of these billionaire club owners is a shady, scummy fuck. Newcastle were allowed to be taken over by the state that murdered a journalist, ffs. If the UK government somehow, some way punishes the club I’m absolutely done with this sport forever. If worst comes to worst, forcing Roman to sell would suck but it would be understandable. Fucking over everyone else who had ZERO to do with anything is outrageous.

The maniacal bloodlust amongst opposition fans is hilarious. Apparently they think Chelsea itself should be seized and we should be kicked out of the league just because the owner has connections with Putin. The same league that has owners from repressive Arab countries etc… Nothing is going to happen to us. This is Roman protecting the club preemptively. Taking himself out of the spotlight so he isn’t a massive distraction for the remainder of the season.

Sounds like a preemptive “I’ll step aside until the heat subsides” statement. Before the government step in and fuck with the club. He can now argue that since he will be hands off they shouldn’t punish the club that has nothing to do with what’s going on in Ukraine.

Least it should be much easier to sign Raphinha if Leeds go down. But I imagine there will be loads of clubs lining up to try.

Times are much different now. Arse, United, and Liverpool were bought years and years ago. Newcastle was a massively depreciating asset and their standing was in the toilet. These days billionaires and their companies have unprecedented amounts of money laying around that they’re looking to spend before things change. Look at all the colossal acquisitions you’re seeing in the tech industry for example. Like I said, as a London club that’s “ready made,” Chelsea is uniquely desirable I think. It being up for sale would be a once in a generation chance for an egomaniac billionaire to buy in to probably the most sought after sports league in the world.

No idea. Depends on just how rich they are. Roman is SO ridiculously wealthy that Chelsea isn’t really a money making venture for him, it’s a pure passion project for him. He doesn’t need to bleed the club to line his pockets like the American owners of Man United do. If some guy who’s worth tens of billions buys the club you could potentially see a PSG situation where he just wants to buy loads of superstars without caring about profiting from the club. But anyways, I highly doubt it’s going to come to this. They aren’t going to yank away his club when they allow the likes of these murderous Arab regimes take over other clubs.

If Roman is forced to sell the club there will be a line a mile long of billionaires begging to take over. Mostly Americans. Chelsea (the actual area in London) is the most popular place in the city for über wealthy Americans to settle. There’s a deep connection between Americans and that area. There will be numerous American billionaires who would be desperate to break into PL football. Unlike some of the other big PL clubs who have had ownership changes over the past few years, Chelsea would be ready made and already at the pinnacle of the sport. No staving off relegation, no searching desperately for a manager, no years and years of rebuilding, no overpaying for average players to get to midtable. A new owner would come in and already have a winning machine on their hands with millions and of millions of supporters all over the world (and here in the States in particular). As an American, I can tell you that this would be extremely appealing to and American billionaire. I can imagine one of the NFL team owners would kill to take over Chelsea.

I haven’t even been able to watch AFTV in what feels like a couple of months because these cunts keep quietly winning. 😒😒😒 Arse going out of every competition has been the best thing that could’ve happened to them and I’m sure Arteta is thanking his lucky stars. Full, 100% focus on the PL and having fresh players for every match. Because of this, those matches they have against the top teams that you’d expect them to lose may suddenly become much easier for them. They can luck out and catch those sides when they need to rotate for other comps. Feels like I say this with a different team behind us every week, but they are probably our biggest threat now. United and Spuds are too woefully inconsistent.