Figure du Chelsea post Roman Abramovitch, Todd Boehly may not last long with the Blues. According to Sky Sports, Boehly reportedly considering selling shares just over two years after being the public face of the consortium BlueCo who bought the London club, as well as the RC Strasbourg.
According to Bloomberg, the relationship between co-owners Behdad Eghbali and Todd Boehly has deteriorated in the last month and both parties are weighing their options. The trend is for Eghbali’s Clearlake Capital, which owns 62% of Chelsea, to buy out the American businessman’s stake. Clearlake Capital is at least open to the idea.
For information, the group of investors who bought Chelsea under the name BlueCo, is composed of Todd Boehly, Mark Walter – co-owner with him of the Dodgers -, the Swiss billionaire Hansjörg Wyss – founder of the medical equipment manufacturing company Synthes – and the American investment company Clearlake Capital which is the majority shareholder.
Could Todd Boehly’s possible departure have an impact on RC Strasbourg? Not directly, since the BlueCo entity would remain the owner of the Alsatian club. Nevertheless, the idea of more sober management could well take over.
