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Chelsea newly-agreed deal may have ended boardroom war – Keith Wyness

https://www.footballinsider247.com/Chelsea-civil-war-may-be-over-as-major-deal-agreed-keith-wyness/

Everton’s former chief Keith Wyness has suggested the Chelsea civil war may have “thawed” out after the major appointment of a new executive.

Speaking on the new edition of Football Insider’s Inside Track podcast, the 66-year-old – who served as CEO at Goodison Park between 2004 and 2009 and now runs a football consultancy advising elite clubs – claimed both Todd Boehly and Behdad Eghbali will know their in-fighting is a “bad look” for the Blues.

It was widely reported last month that Boehly, who owns 13%, and Eghbali’s company Clearlake Capital, who own 61.5%, are both vying to take full ownership of Chelsea.

But according to The Mirror (25 September), Clearlake have finalised the appointment of Liverpool’s David Beeston as the new managing director.

Boehly and Eghbali were also spotted sitting alongside each other at Chelsea’s recent 3-0 win over West Ham.

Beeston appointment could mark end of Chelsea civil war, says Wyness

Wyness suggested the pair would have had to agree on bringing Beeston into the fold at Chelsea.

He told Football Insider‘s Insider Track podcast: “Just a few weeks ago, we spoke about how Clearlake and Boehly were at each other’s throats.

“That seems to have thawed.

“It’s amazing what a few wins can do, not just in the dressing room but in the boardroom.

“It does seem that peace has broken out. They will have known that it was a bad look, and hopefully, they’ve sorted things out.

“I don’t know whether there is still a control battle, but I’d imagine both parties would have to agree to bring a new executive into the fold.

“They’d both have to give Beeston their backing. There is a lot still to be done at Chelsea.”

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777 Partners has collapsed, and is selling assets including a yacht and a private jet. But A-CAP, which now controls its clubs, is also in trouble, and recently took out a loan at 46% interest from… Todd Boehly’s GD Luma. With @PhilippeAuclair

Todd Boehly you genius💪🔥✅️

The investment fund 777 Partners has gone bankrupt! 🥶 The American group had shares in various clubs: 

🇫🇷 Red Star
🇧🇪 Standard de Liège
🇮🇹 Genoa
🇩🇪 Hertha Berlin
🇪🇸 Sevilla
🇧🇷 Vasco da Gama 
🇦🇺 Melbourne Victory

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1 hour ago, mkh said:

Vasco da Gama 

here is our chance to buy a Brasilian big club 💰

 

Intercontinental    

Torneio Octogonal Rivadavia Correa Meyer (1) 1953 (considered a precursor of the Intercontinental Cup by FIFA, Vasco da Gama defeated São Paulo 1-0 in the final)
Tournoi de Paris (1)    1957 (considered a precursor of the Intercontinental Cup by FIFA, Vasco da Gama defeated Real Madrid 4–3 in the final)
Intercontinental Cup    Runners-up    1998 (lost the final to Real Madrid 2-1 on an 83rd minute goal by Raúl)
FIFA Club World Cup    Runners-up    2000 (the only FCWC where no UEFA team made the final, Vasco da Gama crushed the Treble-winning Manchester United side 1 3 in the group stage (the superb Romário had a brace), but lost the final to Corinthians on pens, Real Madrid lost the 3rd place game to Necaxa, whom Vasco da Gama also had defeated earlier)

Continental    

South American Championship of Champions (1) 1948
Copa Libertadores (1) 1998
Copa Mercosul (1) 2000

National    

Campeonato Brasileiro Série A (4) 1974, 1989, 1997, 2000
Copa do Brasil (1) 2011

Inter-state    

Torneio Rio–São Paulo (3) 1958, 1966, 1999
Torneio João Havelange (1) 1993
Taça dos Campeões Estaduais Rio–São Paulo (1) 1936
Teresa Herrera Trophy (1) 1957
Torneio Início (10) 1926, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1942, 1944, 1945

State    

Campeonato Carioca (24) 1923, 1924, 1929, 1934, 1936, 1945, 1947, 1949, 1950, 1952, 1956, 1958, 1970, 1977, 1982, 1987, 1988, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1998, 2003, 2015, 2016
Taça Guanabara (13) 1965, 1976, 1977, 1986, 1987, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2016, 2019
Taça Rio (10) 1984, 1988, 1992, 1993, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2017, 2021
Torneio Municipal (4) 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947
Torneio Relâmpago (2) 1944, 1946
Torneio Extra (2) 1973, 1990
Copa Rio (2) 1992, 1993
Other Campeonato Carioca rounds (9) 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1980, 1981, 1988, 1997

International    

Ciutat de Barcelona Trophy (1) 1993
Trofeo Ciudad de Zaragoza (1) 1993
Palma de Mallorca Trophy (1) 1995
Los Angeles Golden Cup (1) 1987
Trofeo Bortolotti (1) 1997
Ramón de Carranza Trophy (3) 1987, 1988, 1989
Colombino Trophy (1) 1980
Trofeo Ciudad de Sevilla (1) 1979
Festa d'Elx Trophy (1) 1979

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[mkh 301]

7 hours ago, Vesper said:

here is our chance to buy a Brasilian big club 💰

 

Intercontinental    

Torneio Octogonal Rivadavia Correa Meyer (1) 1953 (considered a precursor of the Intercontinental Cup by FIFA, Vasco da Gama defeated São Paulo 1-0 in the final)
Tournoi de Paris (1)    1957 (considered a precursor of the Intercontinental Cup by FIFA, Vasco da Gama defeated Real Madrid 4–3 in the final)
Intercontinental Cup    Runners-up    1998 (lost the final to Real Madrid 2-1 on an 83rd minute goal by Raúl)
FIFA Club World Cup    Runners-up    2000 (the only FCWC where no UEFA team made the final, Vasco da Gama crushed the Treble-winning Manchester United side 1 3 in the group stage (the superb Romário had a brace), but lost the final to Corinthians on pens, Real Madrid lost the 3rd place game to Necaxa, whom Vasco da Gama also had defeated earlier)

Continental    

South American Championship of Champions (1) 1948
Copa Libertadores (1) 1998
Copa Mercosul (1) 2000

National    

Campeonato Brasileiro Série A (4) 1974, 1989, 1997, 2000
Copa do Brasil (1) 2011

Inter-state    

Torneio Rio–São Paulo (3) 1958, 1966, 1999
Torneio João Havelange (1) 1993
Taça dos Campeões Estaduais Rio–São Paulo (1) 1936
Teresa Herrera Trophy (1) 1957
Torneio Início (10) 1926, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1942, 1944, 1945

State    

Campeonato Carioca (24) 1923, 1924, 1929, 1934, 1936, 1945, 1947, 1949, 1950, 1952, 1956, 1958, 1970, 1977, 1982, 1987, 1988, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1998, 2003, 2015, 2016
Taça Guanabara (13) 1965, 1976, 1977, 1986, 1987, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2016, 2019
Taça Rio (10) 1984, 1988, 1992, 1993, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2017, 2021
Torneio Municipal (4) 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947
Torneio Relâmpago (2) 1944, 1946
Torneio Extra (2) 1973, 1990
Copa Rio (2) 1992, 1993
Other Campeonato Carioca rounds (9) 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1980, 1981, 1988, 1997

International    

Ciutat de Barcelona Trophy (1) 1993
Trofeo Ciudad de Zaragoza (1) 1993
Palma de Mallorca Trophy (1) 1995
Los Angeles Golden Cup (1) 1987
Trofeo Bortolotti (1) 1997
Ramón de Carranza Trophy (3) 1987, 1988, 1989
Colombino Trophy (1) 1980
Trofeo Ciudad de Sevilla (1) 1979
Festa d'Elx Trophy (1) 1979

I hope BlueCo will take their chance here🙌 and buy 🇧🇷Vasca da Gama and 🇧🇪Standard Liège for their further talent development.✅️
🇮🇹FC Genoa would also be interesting 🇩🇪Hertha Berlin too but in Germany there is the 50+1 rule for investors which would be too unattractive for BlueCo.
🇪🇸FC Sevilla is too big a name for BlueCo's talent development strategy.

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Chelsea’s chief marketing officer leaves club after 15 months in role

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5824647/2024/10/07/Chelsea-chief-marketing-officer/

Chief marketing officer Claire Cronin has become the latest senior executive to leave Chelsea after 15 months at the club.

Cronin joined Chelsea from McLaren Racing in August 2023 to oversee the brand, creative, growth marketing and fan engagement teams at Stamford Bridge, having previously worked at Barclays and Virgin Atlantic.

News of her departure has been communicated internally to club staff and comes less than a month after chief executive Chris Jurasek announced he was stepping down, as Chelsea gave chief operating officer Jason Gannon the additional title of president and leadership of a new-look senior management team.

Filling out the management team led by Gannon are chief revenue officer Casper Stylsvig, chief legal and corporate affairs officer James Bonington and chief strategy officer and head of business operations James Murray. Todd Kline and Phil Lynch will also take up senior business roles when they formally join Chelsea from Tottenham and Manchester United respectively.

In an interview with The Drum in July, Cronin spoke very positively about the backing of Jurasek enabling her to grow the staff size and budget of Chelsea’s marketing operation. “I’m super-positive, but that’s because I’ve got a CEO and a CFO who really believe in the power of marketing,” she said. “I probably feel more positive, more confident, more ambitious, because of the infrastructure that I’ve come into.”

GO DEEPER

Chelsea, a club with Champagne tastes and a lemonade budget. It can't go on

Cronin’s influence was particularly visible in the marketing that surrounded the launch of Chelsea’s home kit for the 2024-25 season. She enlisted the services of Uncommon Creative Studio to help formulate the “We burn blue” campaign that rebranded the club as “CFC LDN”, in an attempt to position it as the capital’s definitive football club.

“This is the fans’ energy,” Cronin said as part of the kit launch. “The players’ energy. The city’s energy. We Burn Blue. Our new home shirt embodies the passion, drive, and determination that runs through the veins of everyone associated with the club. It is a representation of our history, our present, and our future. We couldn’t have chosen a better partner in Uncommon to help us bring this important moment to bear.”

Two months into the season, Chelsea are yet to find a company prepared to pay what they are looking for to position their brand logo on the front of that shirt, with a two-year absence from the Champions League a key factor in the club’s struggle to find a suitable sponsor.

GO DEEPER

Why Chelsea are set to begin the new season without a shirt sponsor

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Everton’s former chief Keith Wyness has claimed Chelsea could be hit by a points deduction for breaking spending rules if the sale of their women’s team isn’t approved.

https://www.footballinsider247.com/Chelsea-now-face-points-deduction-keith-wyness-drops-bombshell/

 

Speaking on the new edition of Football Insider’s Inside Track podcast, the 66-year-old – who served as CEO at Goodison Park between 2004 and 2009 and now runs a football consultancy advising elite clubs – insisted the Blues’ huge transfer spending spree was “always going to come back” to haunt them.

Chelsea transferred ownership of their women’s team to a BlueCo company during the 2023-24 campaign in a move which will have offset their losses during the season.

Wyness previously told Football Insider (16 October) that the London club will “have trouble” passing the deal through the Premier League after a recent judgement on associated party transaction (APT) rules.

The Blues have previously sold club hotels and part of their Cobham training ground in intra-company deals to avoid being hit by Profit and Sustainability Rules (PSR) punishments.

Chelsea face points deduction – ‘they weren’t so clever’, says Wyness

However, Wyness claimed Chelsea could have a “big issue” if new APT rules forbid those deals.

He told Football Insider‘s Insider Track podcast: “There’s no doubt they’d be in danger of a points deduction if the rule changes go against them.

“If this sale isn’t approved, and we’re not certain that it will go that way, then that would look to be the case. 

“As it sits right now, it looks like they’ve got a big issue.

 

“We know they’ve had a massive spending spree, and it was always going to come back to roost in some way.

“They thought they were being clever by selling the hotels and the women’s team, but if that all falls apart – then perhaps they weren’t so clever after all.”

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BlueCo's theme song

Gorillaz - Hallelujah Money (feat. Benjamin Clementine)

 

Don't worry my friend
If this be the end, then so shall it be
Until we say so, nothing will move
Ah, don't worry
It's not against our morals
It's legally tender..........

 

 

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So it is time to analyze a little the work that Todd and company have been doing. 

I often thought that when you restart/transition a club we might have chaos at the beginning. 

That is exactly what happen for the first two years. 

But what Todd and company did was realize that they have no clue into the world of futbol but did the smart thing. Get the people that know how and are killing it at this moment. 

So they went with getting a lot of backroom staff from City and Brighton. City the most dominant team for the past decades, it was smart to get some of their staff. And Brighton have been for the past decades one of the best team in regards to the scouting of players. 

Often it was made fun of why they didn't buy Brighton? Simple fact is that Chelsea is more prestigious and it would be much easier to copy the Brighton model to a more upscale vision. A long with the help of City backroom staff it would produce a well run club for the longer run. And now after more then 2 years in charge we are starting to see the vision of this of where they want to go. 

I still think they should coordinate better the scouts. When I look at Brighton they have scouts for different positions. A defense scout, a attacker scout and such. There's still more to organize, but the club is taking good shape with the structure the Todd and company wanted to build. 

Now there's some backroom staff that if they don't improve we can change them. We got Bernardo Cueva for set piece to copy Arsenal. As Arsenal are doing amazing in this because of who they got for that. 

I'm not sure I seen enough progress with Cueva to think he is the best there is. But let's see one more season and see if we can improve on this with him. (interesting read about what he brings here: https://breakingthelines.com/transfer-analysis/bernardo-cueva-chelseas-new-set-piece-coach/)

Paul Winstanley as a Sporting Director I like because he was the main guy in the revolution that Brighton did. Todd and company did good in luring him to us. 

Laurence Stewart Sporting Director, not a big fan and because of him we got two Monaco players that are crap. I guess we got him because he has experience with multi club. 

Joe Shields Director of Professional Football and Scout I think is the jewel buy for management. This guy has done amazing buy for us. 

Sam Jewell Head of International Relations and Scouting another ex Brighton but I guess he will focus on the French team we have. 

And lastly what I did find interesting is we got some Brazilian scouts. Alysson Marins Scout and Carlos Eduardo Arrisa Vargas Scout.

I still think we can improve on this section of scouts. But so far the club is heading a great direction with the staff we have. 

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1 hour ago, Fernando said:

 

Stewart should be given a role solely on handling affairs with Strasbourg. Clearlake should not trust his judgement at all when it comes to scouting. The others can keep doing what they are doing. 

 

I still want names on who handled the GK strategy as well as the Mudryk deal. 

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38 minutes ago, MoroccanBlue said:

Stewart should be given a role solely on handling affairs with Strasbourg. Clearlake should not trust his judgement at all when it comes to scouting. The others can keep doing what they are doing. 

 

I still want names on who handled the GK strategy as well as the Mudryk deal. 

Well for GK we have Ben Roberts Goalkeeping Coordinator ex Brighton. 

And Ross Turnbull Scout Goalkeeping

So Turnbull is our scout for that position.....