Chelsea News: Chelsea’s new owners have confirmed that the London club have plans to move forward with a ‘multi-club’ model.
Todd Boehly captured the club for £4.25bn at the end of May. He really wanted to own a big English Premier League club for a long time. So the American owner jumped at the chance to snatch Chelsea from other bidders.
The London Blues have spent more than £270m in the summer transfer window. They brought players like Raheem Sterling, Zakaria, Aubameyang, Cucurella, Kalidou Koulibaly and Wesley Fofana to the club. They have also brought in some young talent such as USMNT goalkeeper Gabriel Slonina and Aston Villa’s Carney Chukwuemeka.
Many fans thought that he would not be as ruthless as the former owner, Abramovich. But the boss of the LA Dodgers just fired Thomas Tuchel just because of the result of the first six games this season.
Chelsea News: Graham Potter Appointment
It seems that Boehly is a big fan of Manchester City’s “multi-club” model and wants to emulate that project here too.
After appointing Graham Potter, the club wants to move forward with developing young talent into great world-class players. Chelsea is famous for having one of the best youth academies in the world.
They have already produced some local talent like Mason Mount, Gallagher, Reece James, Armando Broja, Loftus-Cheek and more who are on loan. Graham Potter is the perfect choice for the project he wants to take on.
Reports suggest that Potter has brought positivity to Chelsea. Potter will manage his team against Red Bull Salzburg in today’s Champions League match.
Manchester City’s owners, The City Football Group, own many clubs around the world, from the Premier League to MLS. Clubs like Girona, Lommel SK, Melbourne City and New York City FC are owned by him. The City Football Group has benefited from this project.
Red Bull Network is also running a similar project which is also attracting all the young talents from all over the world. They own clubs in countries such as FC Red Bull Salzburg from Austria, New York Red Bulls in the United States, RB Leipzig from Germany, and Red Bull Bragantino in Brazil.
Unveiling the “Multi-Club Model” and Vision for Chelsea
While speaking at the SALT conference, Boehly revealed: “We don’t expect to be the soccer experts to find the best talent. We’re going to put those people in their place… We’ve talked about having a multi-club model and I’d love to build the footprint.” During the talks, Boehly mentioned Red Bull: “I think there are different countries where there are advantages of have a club Red Bull does a very good job, they have Leipzig and they have Salzburg, both of which are playing in the Champions League.” He also made some comments about his English club-mate Manchester City, adding: City, who have a great network of clubs. The challenge that Chelsea has at the moment is that when you have superstars aged 18-20, you can lend them to other clubs, but you put their development in someone else’s hands.”
Chelsea’s long-term vision is to advance young players and develop them into “Chelsea superstars”. The new co-owner confirmed his next plan, as he spoke: “For me, the way to do it is to have another club in a very competitive league, maybe somewhere in Europe.”
Chelsea News: What’s next for Todd Boehly?
The Blues are currently looking to appoint a new sporting director. Rumors suggest that the club is interested in Luis Campos and Christoph Freund. These two names are well known for introducing some world class talent to their respective clubs.
Speaking of owning a new club, Boehly met with academy manager Neil Bath and super agent Jorge Mendes in June to discuss the possibility of buying a Portuguese club according to The Telegraph.
