Chelsea news: Xabi Alonso gives BlueCo ownership change verdict, talks up Behdad Eghbali

Xabi Alonso has suggested that Clearlake Capital taking afloat power of Chelsea is simply a affirmative improvement for the club.

On Wednesday night, it was announced that Todd Boehly and Mark Walter had sold their respective 12.8% shares successful the Premier League club.

The transaction brings to an extremity a spell of much than 4 years for Boehly astatine Chelsea, with beingness astatine the West Londoners mostly being deemed chaotic nether the BlueCo banner.

Speaking astatine a property league connected Thursday up of the Premier League fixture against Brentford, Alonso talked up his narration with Behdad Eghbali of Clearlake Capital.

Alonso reacts to BlueCo ownership improvement astatine Chelsea

The Spaniard told reporters: "I deliberation that it's an important time for the nine erstwhile determination is an important alteration successful the operation of the nine and the ownership.

"A fewer points, I person to convey the erstwhile owners for the enactment they've done. I was not present but I cognize that they played an important relation and present that Behdad [Eghbali] is taking much control, astir afloat control, I deliberation it's bully that the main 1 is clear.

"I person precise bully relations with Behdad, helium was the 1 that came to Madrid to explicate maine the project, to person maine and we are moving good together.

"As I mentioned, this is signifier 1 that we person completed successful the task of the squad and it's bully and present we determination connected together."

Will Boehly exit alteration things astatine Chelsea?

Despite Boehly's exit arsenic chairman, it is believed that Eghbali was already undertaking the bulk of responsibilities down the scenes astatine Stamford Bridge.

Therefore, small is expected to alteration astatine Chelsea successful the abbreviated term, and they are apt to attack the January transportation model looking to reenforce the first-team squad arsenic planned.

Sports Mole has taken a look backmost astatine Boehly's archetypal summertime astatine Chelsea successful 2022, wherever helium made 13 signings having appointed himself arsenic the interim sporting director.