Todd Boehly Thread

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52 minutes ago, Vytis33 said:

Todd doesn’t know who Eden Hazard is?

 

 

They are all investment bankers that come from a baseball background. Boehly followed football while at college in London, but these guys are usually all about making money. Even as a fan of both baseball and football, I doubt they spend anywhere near the amount of time that club fans do paying attention to the teams. 

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Well maybe he’ll recognize him from the accounting ledger 

 

 

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Todd Boehly “might sell all of his stake” in Chelsea according to claim from ESPN pundit

https://Chelsea.news/2024/05/110609/

The Gab and Juls show is one of the best football podcasts out there because both Gabriele Marcotti and Julien Laurens know their stuff, and also because they’re not afraid to get into the granular detail of events.

This isn’t just your usual football show rounding up the viral moments from the weekend before. They like to get technical and stuck in to more than just the goals and gaffes.

In today’s edition they got in deep on Chelsea’s ownership situation, in the light of the sacking of Mauricio Pochettino on Tuesday night. Marcotti had some really interesting speculation about what these events might be telling us about the future of Chelsea’s ownership.

The current setup is Todd Boehly as part owner, with the majority of the club owners by the “Clearlake” group, headed up by Behdad Eghbali. It’s actually more complicated than that, but it’s the easiest way to explain it.

A consortium that could fall apart

Marcotti claimed that Boehly and the Clearlake duo of Eghbali and Feliciano “don’t see eye to eye.”

“We’ve seen Boehly stepping back… they seem to be at odds… I think Boehly might fade into the background, maybe sell part of his stake or all of his stake. He’s not going to be visible,” the pundit continued.

It’s an interesting take on things. Of course we hear so little from them it’s hard to get a read on what’s going on behind the scenes, but the reporting that Eghbali was anti-Pochettino while Boehly came out and publicly praised the coach recently certainly backs up Marcotti’s speculating that the two parties are pulling in different directions.

Whether or not that leads Boehly to sell part of his stake or just take more of a passive role overall remains to be seen, but as Marcotti points out, the overwhelming financial might is with Clearlake.

Edited May 23 by Vesper

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41 minutes ago, Vesper said:

Todd Boehly “might sell all of his stake” in Chelsea according to claim from ESPN pundit

https://Chelsea.news/2024/05/110609/

The Gab and Juls show is one of the best football podcasts out there because both Gabriele Marcotti and Julien Laurens know their stuff, and also because they’re not afraid to get into the granular detail of events.

This isn’t just your usual football show rounding up the viral moments from the weekend before. They like to get technical and stuck in to more than just the goals and gaffes.

In today’s edition they got in deep on Chelsea’s ownership situation, in the light of the sacking of Mauricio Pochettino on Tuesday night. Marcotti had some really interesting speculation about what these events might be telling us about the future of Chelsea’s ownership.

The current setup is Todd Boehly as part owner, with the majority of the club owners by the “Clearlake” group, headed up by Behdad Eghbali. It’s actually more complicated than that, but it’s the easiest way to explain it.

A consortium that could fall apart

Marcotti claimed that Boehly and the Clearlake duo of Eghbali and Feliciano “don’t see eye to eye.”

“We’ve seen Boehly stepping back… they seem to be at odds… I think Boehly might fade into the background, maybe sell part of his stake or all of his stake. He’s not going to be visible,” the pundit continued.

It’s an interesting take on things. Of course we hear so little from them it’s hard to get a read on what’s going on behind the scenes, but the reporting that Eghbali was anti-Pochettino while Boehly came out and publicly praised the coach recently certainly backs up Marcotti’s speculating that the two parties are pulling in different directions.

Whether or not that leads Boehly to sell part of his stake or just take more of a passive role overall remains to be seen, but as Marcotti points out, the overwhelming financial might is with Clearlake.

Spoke a lot of sense. 

If it was because Poch wanted his way and be the boss, then ofsky is the right way. 

No way a manager will get that type of control unless your Pep. 

First season with Todd and Tuchel we saw what bad players we get when we go by the coach. 

I rather the club as a collective continue to buy, as for me they done good with buys after the first season disaster with Tuchel. 

Edited May 23 by Fernando

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Shame that they bought us in the first place. Boehly selling his stake would be a start, hopefully the other mob will fuck off too and sell to someone else who would actually care about the club. 

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6 minutes ago, OneMoSalah said:

Shame that they bought us in the first place. Boehly selling his stake would be a start, hopefully the other mob will fuck off too and sell to someone else who would actually care about the club. 

I don’t think there’s an argument to be made that they don’t care. 
 

they’ve spent on the club without an idea of the money coming back. They obviously do care. Question is if they’re competent 

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16 hours ago, Fernando said:

Spoke a lot of sense. 

If it was because Poch wanted his way and be the boss, then ofsky is the right way. 

No way a manager will get that type of control unless your Pep. 

First season with Todd and Tuchel we saw what bad players we get when we go by the coach. 

I rather the club as a collective continue to buy, as for me they done good with buys after the first season disaster with Tuchel. 

And even if there was a manager who should be given more control, it certainly isn’t Poch. 

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34 minutes ago, Strike said:

I don’t think there’s an argument to be made that they don’t care. 
 

they’ve spent on the club without an idea of the money coming back. They obviously do care. Question is if they’re competent 

They've spent on the club to increase its resale value. That's why it's almost always about signing young players with potential, on long-term contracts. They're not bothered by the lack of any near-term success on the pitch. And they want a manager that buys into the same philosophy 

There's no doubt they intend to make a massive profit in about 7 years time, when its time for them to wrap up and sell the club. And to be fair, why wouldn't they? That's what most club owners are in it for, anyway. Especially a consortium like Clownlake. 

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13 hours ago, Blue Armour said:

They've spent on the club to increase its resale value. That's why it's almost always about signing young players with potential, on long-term contracts. They're not bothered by the lack of any near-term success on the pitch. And they want a manager that buys into the same philosophy 

There's no doubt they intend to make a massive profit in about 7 years time, when its time for them to wrap up and sell the club. And to be fair, why wouldn't they? That's what most club owners are in it for, anyway. Especially a consortium like Clownlake. 

That's a big leap. I don't think people purely working out profit would go out and buy two 100 million mids that lot of other clubs wanted too. And they've said their plan is eventually to build a 100 point team and not continue to keep this like a Dortmund-style young footballer project. 

I'm not arguing about their competence. But I don't buy that they're here to profit alone. 

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Bad omen:

Production of beloved Chelsea candy will end after 50 years

https://www.asahi.com/sp/ajw/articles/15189803

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From the Gab and Jules podcast.

A consortium that could fall apart

Marcotti claimed that Boehly and the Clearlake duo of Eghbali and Feliciano “don’t see eye to eye.”

“We’ve seen Boehly stepping back… they seem to be at odds… I think Boehly might fade into the background, maybe sell part of his stake or all of his stake. He’s not going to be visible,” the pundit continued.

It’s an interesting take on things. Of course we hear so little from them it’s hard to get a read on what’s going on behind the scenes, but the reporting that Eghbali was anti-Pochettino while Boehly came out and publicly praised the coach recently certainly backs up Marcotti’s speculating that the two parties are pulling in different directions.

Whether or not that leads Boehly to sell part of his stake or just take more of a passive role overall remains to be seen, but as Marcotti points out, the overwhelming financial might is with Clearlake.

https://Chelsea.news/2024/05/110609/amp/

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2 hours ago, ZAPHOD2319 said:

From the Gab and Jules podcast.

 

A consortium that could fall apart

Marcotti claimed that Boehly and the Clearlake duo of Eghbali and Feliciano “don’t see eye to eye.”

“We’ve seen Boehly stepping back… they seem to be at odds… I think Boehly might fade into the background, maybe sell part of his stake or all of his stake. He’s not going to be visible,” the pundit continued.

 

It’s an interesting take on things. Of course we hear so little from them it’s hard to get a read on what’s going on behind the scenes, but the reporting that Eghbali was anti-Pochettino while Boehly came out and publicly praised the coach recently certainly backs up Marcotti’s speculating that the two parties are pulling in different directions.

Whether or not that leads Boehly to sell part of his stake or just take more of a passive role overall remains to be seen, but as Marcotti points out, the overwhelming financial might is with Clearlake.

https://Chelsea.news/2024/05/110609/amp/

It's the same info that Vesper posted in the long video. 

 

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Chelsea shambles has turned USA investors away from buying Premier League clubs - Report

Chelsea are a laughing stock.

Since buying the club for £2.5bn and pledging another £1.75bn in further club investment, Todd Boehly and friends have presided over a total shambles.

Since the takeover in 2022, it has taken them only two years to reach spending of £1.5bn+ on signing players, including another quarter of a billion (so far!) in this current summer window.

The news of the laughable Chelsea shambles has now reached over the pond, with a special Bloomberg report (see below) now detailing how American investors have seen what’s happened at the Stamford Bridge circus and are now seeing Premier League clubs as not such a good idea.

So many American ‘investors’ already in play in England, with around half the Premier League clubs and some 30+ overall of the 92 clubs in the four divisions having significant USA ownership/control.

The reality is that only four of the Premier League clubs in the 2022/23 season (the most recent available figures for all clubs) made a profit.

You can see why our friends across the pond might be getting cold feet, when over in the United States, their major sports are arranged with the specific aim of everybody making as much money as possible. Things such as the threat of relegation a very foreign concept.

The Bloomberg report also notes the ever increasing competition at the top end of the Premier League, with the reality now being that whilst there are only four automatic places for Champions League qualification, there are arguably now at least twice as many teams as there are places, vying for those positions.

Reuters

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50 minutes ago, Fulham Broadway said:

turned USA investors away from buying Premier League clubs

GOOD!!!!

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Even assuming Chelsea: - had the property sale in 22/23 approved at full value - found the c£100m profit from other non-mens football intra group sales in 23/24 - somehow pull in £35m for a front of shirt sponsor for this season or can recognise £35m for the Club World Cup in 24/25's accounts - win the Europa Conference but don't have significant additional incentives to pay (generating a net £30m) - otherwise get to £500m revenue for 24/25 I have them still needing around £75m of additional non-operating profit (player or other profits) AFTER this window to hit 24/25 PSR. Which given previous years, would be an achievement...

 

 

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Win for Todd Boehly

Premier League clear Chelsea's controversial £76.5m hotel sale in major PSR boost

Chelsea were handed a significant boost from the Premier League in their bid to avoid breaching Profit and Sustainability (PSR) rules.

https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/todd-boehly-premier-league-Chelsea-controversial-76-million-hotel-sale-psr/bltcd59984c93485e3a

 

 

 

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On 15/05/2024 at 16:35, Vytis33 said:

Todd doesn’t know who Eden Hazard is?

 

 

First time I've seen this. It's sickening.