Chelsea news: Todd Boehly has finally spoken to the press as the Blues remained bruised from six straight losses under Lampard
Todd Boehly has revealed what challenges he's faced at Chelsea a year on from taking the helm at Stamford Bridge. Last year, the Clearlake Capital consortium won the race to buy the west London club for £4.25billion, ending Roman Abramovich's 19-year reign.
Despite having committed over half a billion pounds towards player signings across two transfer windows, Boehly is yet to reap the rewards of significant investment. Despite the American billionaire's best intentions, Chelsea have struggled in the first year under new ownership and currently sit 12th in the Premier League.
Speaking at this year's Milken Institute Global Conference, Boehly was quizzed on the differences between football (Chelsea) to Baseball (Los Angeles Dodgers) and Basketball (Los Angeles Lakers). The 49-year-old said: "It's such a global sport and unlike in the U.S there are no unions.
"So there's a market for top players in every country in the world and each one of those markets is different. You've got the Portuguese market and the French market and the English market.
"Then of course obviously you have to build a team and your coach is the conductor of the team, so I think there's a lot that we've learned about the different markets. The global aspect of it all and, as you said, the fans are demanding.
"You know they want to win and we get that we want to win so you know I think our view though was that this is a long-term project and you know we're committed to the long-term.
"We very much believe that we're going to figure it out. We've got the best league in the world, we've got what I think is the top city in the world and we've got an unbelievable location in the top city in the world."
"We look at this as a very long-term process and we had a lot of work to do," Boehly said. "We are excited about the future, the future is bright and we are excited about tonight."
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bizcdiopsy
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nuadeorstz
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even pochettino can't help this team he should bring a class coach like Enrique with inter tening football this can motivate guys from the pitch
Moohmoga
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this man is killing Chelsea it's just like selling yourself to your enemy
Boteorsy
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I think potter was better than Lamps. So we want Potter back. 🤪
you say wetin?
solsamlah-3
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The only mistake I saw Boely did was appointment of potter as the head coach, not even sacking. And I believe with the appointment of the right coach, he will get the club in their winning ways again. The team has a good squad of players, only needs to be balanced, train to understand one another, and to have a winning formula.
i am wit u
Janbcekmnp
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The only mistake I saw Boely did was appointment of potter as the head coach, not even sacking. And I believe with the appointment of the right coach, he will get the club in their winning ways again. The team has a good squad of players, only needs to be balanced, train to understand one another, and to have a winning formula.
Dulom
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I think potter was better than Lamps. So we want Potter back. 🤪
Vekabdknpu
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Get away you used advantage of being American and robbed the Roman Empire now y are destroying our love for football with your stupid ideas get away leave chelsea
mewabmptuz
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you have destroyed our club with your useless coaches