REVEALED: What Todd Boehly once said about becoming Chelsea owner..exactly what Chelsea needs?
Todd Boehly put up a bid to buy Chelsea from Roman Abramovich Three years ago, and the American billionaire was ready to splash £2.2billion which was rejected by the Russian billionaire.
However, Now in 2022, Boehly has put in another bid for Chelsea, and reports claim he’s the favourite to take over from Abramovich, having failed three years ago.
Todd has done well with LA Dodgers, and his passion to take ownership of Chelsea FC is unrivalled.
Boehly said in 2019 after having a bid rejected: “Football is the biggest sport in the world”.
“The passion that the fans have for the activity and the sport and the teams is unparalleled. So when you start to think about you know what you’re trying to build with these teams is, you’re really trying to a – win and b – be part of the community.
“And the opportunity that we had with the Dodgers, it was really about a partnership with Los Angeles. How are we gonna win? How are we gonna drive championships, and how are we going to build passion?
“If you look at what the Premier League offers, it’s all of those things. It’s the highest quality play, and it’s the best players.”
The interviewer goes on to ask Boehly what are the chances of him owning a football club, to which he responds, “you can never predict these things”.
Ironically, he added: “One of the nice things about them [Premier League clubs] is that they’re relationship-driven and their people-driven, and therefore, it’s unlikely that one just gets put up and sold by auction.”