Chelsea news: Todd Boehly sends parting message as Clearlake Capital take “full control” of club

By Oliver Thomas | 17 Sep 2026 08:20, Last updated: 17 Sep 2026 08:24

Chelsea president Todd Boehly and manager Mark Walter person sold their stakes successful the nine to bulk proprietor Clearlake Capital.

The Blues announced the hierarchical changes precocious connected Wednesday night, which sees Clearlake Capital - a starring planetary concern steadfast - get "full control" of the West London club.

Clearlake Capital antecedently owned 61.5% of Chelsea, but they person present acquired 87.2% of the nine aft Boehly and Walter sold up their 12.8% stakes.

Boehly and Walter person besides sold their shareholding in Chelsea's sister club, French Ligue 1 outfit Strasbourg.

Meanwhile, Swiss billionaire Hansjorg Wyss, who owns 12.8%, remains “an important stakeholder and spouse successful the ownership group”.

Chelsea person besides confirmed that "there volition beryllium nary changes to the day-to-day operations, enactment oregon strategy astatine the club".

Boehly bids farewell to Chelsea aft selling stakes successful the club

Boehly was the look of the consortium which bought Chelsea successful 2022 for astir £2.5bn from Russian proprietor Roman Abramovich, who was sanctioned by the UK authorities for alleged links to Vladimir Putin - allegations Abramovich denies.

American businessman Boehly stepped down arsenic interim sporting manager successful January 2023, and this determination positioned Clearlake co-founder Behdad Eghbali arsenic the ascendant person wrong the ownership structure.

It was reported past period that some Boehly and Walter were exploring selling their stakes aft talks of a rift betwixt the brace and Clearlake Capital emerged successful 2024.

Boehly, a co-owner of shot franchise the Los Angeles Dodgers, has present departed Chelsea, leaving the nine nether the enactment of Eghbali and Jose Feliciano.

In a connection released connected Chelsea’s authoritative website, Boehly said: “It has been an honour to service arsenic Chairman of Chelsea Football Club. I would similar to convey the galore who helped unafraid a agleam aboriginal for the club, including the English Premier League, the coaches and players, the talented enactment and unit astatine Chelsea, and the legions of dedicated fans.

“I person valued my concern with Clearlake and the wider ownership group, and the corporate decisions and concern we person made to enactment the contiguous and semipermanent occurrence of the club.

“I americium assured that Chelsea is good positioned for continued occurrence nether Clearlake’s leadership.”

Will unified ownership operation payment Chelsea connected the pitch?

A connection from Chelsea read: “Todd Boehly present leaves his relation arsenic Chairman with Chelsea good positioned for the adjacent signifier of development.

“The advancement made implicit the past 4 years reflects the shared committedness of Clearlake, Boehly and the wider ownership radical and the leadership, staff, coaches and players astatine Chelsea.

“Clearlake intends to proceed gathering connected the strategical people the Club is present connected and realising the ambition that the ownership radical has developed together.”

Chelsea supporters volition present beryllium hoping that a unified ownership operation tin present amended results connected the transportation than the nine has managed implicit the past four-and-a-half years.

The Blues finished nary higher than 4th successful the Premier League nether Boehly and slumped to a disappointing 10th-placed decorativeness past season, with the nine failing to suffice for Europe.

Under the tutelage of caller manager Xabi Alonso, Chelsea person modified their transportation attack - notably recruiting older and much experienced players - and they presently beryllium sixth successful the array with 7 points from 4 matches (W2 D1 L1).