Chelsea FC

The ink was barely dry on his take-over of Chelsea owner when Todd Boehly started talking about change. The Roman Abramovich era at the club, ...

With Thomas Tuchel, they won the Champions League but they also got to every possible cup final he could possibly get to. That could also mean the acquisition of another club or two by the owners, both Brighton and the Red Bull group use a network of teams to develop talent. [said in the past](https://www.forbes.com/sites/jamesnalton/2022/09/19/todd-boehly-wants-red-bull-style-network-at-chelsea-and-suggests-premier-league-all-star-game/), “I would love to continue to build out the footprint. “The new regime had to come and pick up the pieces of decisions that were made by the old regime,” he added. Clubs who do business in January for such fees are normally considered desperate. "To go from where they were - and I remember them playing Liverpool in the two cup finals and they were very good - and to spend $300 million and be further away [from Liverpool and City] is just baffling.” [More teeth] means financial penalties and disqualification from sporting competitions." [Daily Mail interview](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-11181215/Todd-Boehlys-new-Chelsea-era-blame-huge-transfer-spend-old-regime-according-claims.html) with agent Saif Rubie, who was pictured with Boehly at a recent game and has represented the club in the past, the new leadership blamed the previous owners for the outlay and regression. "You're talking about a club that spent $300 million on top of the team last season and we're talking about them not bringing in winners or the right players,” former Liverpool turned pundit Jamie Carragher Its three flagship acquisitions in the summer, Raheem Sterling, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Kalidou Koulibaly, are both closer to 30 than 20 and are unlikely to get better than they already are. The criticism of Chelsea’s transfers has not just been that they’ve been expensive, the profile of many of the players has suggested a short-term approach. "Financial fair play is starting to get some teeth and that will limit the ability to acquire players at any price," he added.