Official: Chelsea successfully changed owners, surprised the deal of more than 4 billion pounds

Chelsea’s homepage has officially confirmed the new owner in the acquisition costing up to more than 4 billion pounds.

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A few minutes ago on the morning of May 7 (Hanoi time), an alliance group of billionaires Todd Boehly, Clearlake Capital, Mark Walter and Hansjoerg Wyss completed the acquisition of Chelsea.

Boehly completes Chelsea acquisition

The Chelsea homepage has also confirmed the change of hands is complete: “All proceeds of £2.5 billion will be transferred to a frozen account in the UK for a 100% charity donation as per Roman. Abramovich has previously confirmed, and of course this account will be controlled by the British Government.

In addition, the new owners have committed to invest an additional £1.75 billion in the club’s interests. That interest includes investments in Stamford Bridge, Chelsea Academy, Women’s Soccer and Kingsmeadow Stadium, as well as continued sponsorship of the Chelsea Foundation.

It is expected that the procedures for the sale and takeover of the club will be completed by the end of May. More details will be provided at that time.”

Thus, the total cost of this change of hands is about 4.25 billion pounds. Billionaire Boehly is said to have agreed to a number of “Anti-Glazer” terms to avoid Chelsea going in the footsteps of MU under the current Glazer family. Those terms include a 10-year ban on the sale of any Chelsea shares, placing strict limits on how much debt the club can take on.

Chelsea homepage confirms the change of owner is complete

A few days ago, Chelsea released a statement on behalf of Abramovich affirming that the Russian billionaire did not “overturn” his promise to write off the £1.6 billion debt he lent to the Stamford Bridge team.

Abramovich owned Chelsea for 19 years, leading the London side to 21 titles during the most glorious period in the club’s history.