Todd Boehly’s consortium seem set to complete the purchase of Chelsea in the coming weeks and the American billionaire has held a couple of crunch meetings this week. Men’s team manager Thomas Tuchel and women’s team boss Emma Hayes had one-to-one meetings with him ahead of what could be a seismic shift at Stamford Bridge.
Emma Hayes said: “I had lunch with Todd. He watched the girls train, had a really lovely couple of hours with him. [He was] delightful, really passionate, he’s just a normal down to earth guy, really passionate about Chelsea, loves Chelsea. He’s as ambitious as we are and it is a perfect fit. I saw him at one of the games he went to at Stamford Bridge but he was upstairs and I was downstairs!”
Chelsea announced Boehly’s offer had been accepted by the club and Raine Group, the bank advising on the deal,
Chelsea said in a statement: “Chelsea Football Club can confirm that terms have been agreed for a new ownership group, led by Todd Boehly, Clearlake Capital, Mark Walter and Hansjorg Wyss, to acquire the club.”
