14 hours ago, Valerie said:

In view of Nike's past designs for us, that sounds like music to my ears 

This, and the 1970-revival one-off kit, were beauties.

https://www.footballkitnews.com/20594/new-chelsea-nike-kit-2017-2018-cfc-home-away-jerseys-17-18/

7 minutes ago, Backbiter said:

(1) A lot

(2) A hell of a lot

And both will cost a lot more than initially expected.

Think how much it cost Spuds, with nowhere near the complexities facing us.

Yeah mate, but can that enormous cost ever be recuperate by an increase in stadium revenue ?

I can think of a lot better ways to spend that money, and the massive stadium model doesn't seem to work for most English clubs.anyway. The debt incurred in building and relocation hampers clubs for years after the stadium is built

if we don't have a successful team then I can see empty seats . It might be a disaster . ( I'm Chelsea, anything can go wrong !)

 

6 minutes ago, The Rising Sun said:

Yeah mate, but can that enormous cost ever be recuperate by an increase in stadium revenue ?

I can think of a lot better ways to spend that money, and the massive stadium model doesn't seem to work for most English clubs.anyway. The debt incurred in building and relocation hampers clubs for years after the stadium is built

if we don't have a successful team then I can see empty seats . It might be a disaster . ( I'm Chelsea, anything can go wrong !)

 

I agree that the humungous costs seem unlikely to be recouped by increased matchday revenue. And yet just about every big team in every major sport seems willing to splurge enormous amounts on a new stadium or a massive renovation (Bayern, Arsenal, Real, Liverpool, Spuds, Milan, Everton, Cowboys, Chargers, Raiders, Yankees, Mets, Rangers, Falcons, Braves*) . City got the best deal by getting the tax-payer to pay for theirs and then chucking the council a few million.

* I know that some US sports teams' owners tend to extort their cities by blackmailing them into a full rebuild every few years by simply threatening to relocate, and getting taxpayers to fork out megabucks to keep them from moving away)

On 21/05/2022 at 06:27, JM7 said:

Rumours the club were pushing for it done to be done by Sunday. Reckon we’ll get an announcement tomorrow?

Please let them announce it at today's game!

Edited May 22, 20224 yr by TokyoBlue

49 minutes ago, The Rising Sun said:

Yeah mate, but can that enormous cost ever be recuperate by an increase in stadium revenue ?

I can think of a lot better ways to spend that money, and the massive stadium model doesn't seem to work for most English clubs.anyway. The debt incurred in building and relocation hampers clubs for years after the stadium is built

if we don't have a successful team then I can see empty seats . It might be a disaster . ( I'm Chelsea, anything can go wrong !)

 

One word, One filthy club, Arsenal.

We have to remember what happened there with their move, What a disaster and scam!

Interesting that he was on the pitch greeting the players. Seemed to have a abit with some of them already

First time Hansjorg Wyss was there too. Thought he did not like football?

There’s a clip I saw of them greeting the players but can’t find it now. 

3 minutes ago, JM7 said:

There’s a clip I saw of them greeting the players but can’t find it now. 

Saw that too. 
 

If I wake up tomorrow morning not seeing his buyout confirmed and sanctions lifted I may just break something. 

Edited May 22, 20224 yr by Sconnie Blue

Update from Ben Jacobs below:

Chelsea are confident of confirming the Clearlake-Boehly takeover by the middle of next week. Todd Boehly will also hold further talks with Thomas Tuchel and Emma Hayes as plans continue for the summer.

Fans hoping for an announcement to coincide with the end of the season will probably have to wait a little longer. Despite naturally wanting the sale done as soon as possible, no formal deadline before May 31 has been established and I am told (again) things remains on track.

PR plans for the announcement have been discussed by all parties. Trivago’s “scheduling mistake” perhaps shows Chelsea originally hoped to confirm the sale last week, although sources officially deny this with one telling me “late May was always our realistic plan.”

Important to note, even if everything went smoothly, to get from purchase agreement to formal sale (inc. transfer of funds) in a matter of weeks is very quick. #CFC sale may be seen as chaotic (it’s certainly been dramatic). But to get it done before May 31 is pretty incredible.

9 hours ago, Kantesmini said:

One word, One filthy club, Arsenal.

We have to remember what happened there with their move, What a disaster and scam!

The thing is, you don't know what arsenal would be like as a club now if they had stayed at highbury. There's no guarantee they would be better. 

 

Already fallen behind for next season's preparation with the sale stalls, even in the best case we'd just be the deadline. If we learnt anything from the past 12 months, got to re-sign our players as early as possible, you don't want the likes of James, Mount in their last 12-18 months of their contract, Kante is heading into his last year soon. Even it's the plan to let some of them go, can't leave it too late.

10 hours ago, icecoolguy22 said:

Already fallen behind for next season's preparation with the sale stalls, even in the best case we'd just be the deadline. If we learnt anything from the past 12 months, got to re-sign our players as early as possible, you don't want the likes of James, Mount in their last 12-18 months of their contract, Kante is heading into his last year soon. Even it's the plan to let some of them go, can't leave it too late.

This a purposeful,  calculated move. There are powers behind the scenes ensuring that the gears grind as slowly as possible. I have been convinced of this for 6 weeks now, even since the drop dead 11th April deadline sailed past.

4 minutes ago, WhiteWall said:

This a purposeful,  calculated move. There are powers behind the scenes ensuring that the gears grind as slowly as possible. I have been convinced of this for 6 weeks now, even since the drop dead 11th April deadline sailed past.

Convinced by your own speculation.

Must be true then.

How about changing the thread to In Todd We Trust.😆

On 20/05/2022 at 14:06, bisright1 said:

The advantage of earls court though is zero time away from a full stadium that is ours. 

Rebuilding stand by stand you are looking at 4 years of reduced captacity. Rebuilding Stamford bridge entirely means 2-3 years at Wembley. 

I think the CPO could be won over on the issue. But who knows. 

And we know how well we've done at Wembley the last 3 years....that may not be the best idea 😔

The stand by stand idea isn’t a good idea in my mind, the time scale will be awful, one stand will take a minimum of 2 years 🤔there will be unpredictable time delays, legal obstacles , inflation of material and labour costs, labour disputes over the near decade to possibly complete. Let alone the match day disruption. That long term plan is open to so many unforeseen problems. Also the aesthetic awe full building site look for 10 years?  Remember previous decades of construction. Let alone the decreased attendances. 
life long Chelsea fan over 55 years of going to the bridge. The alternatives move out for 3 years and play at Wembley. ☹️
Build from scratch at Earl’s Court and sell the Bridge. Heartbreaking but basically I ain’t got long left. 
Third option for me. 
 

ps. Also needs to be spuds capacity + 1

Edited May 23, 20224 yr by Kev56

@Munkworth let’s hope Todd never becomes a ‘Todd Warrior’ eh

18 hours ago, JM7 said:

There’s a clip I saw of them greeting the players but can’t find it now. 

This one?

 

#Chelsea expect UK Government approval for their takeover by the end of tomorrow and remain confident of an announcement by midweek. 

Chelsea expect the green light within 24 hours and will release a statement shortly after. It’s unclear whether they will announce the approval tomorrow or wait for the transfer of funds first. Either way, it’ll be done by the middle of this week.

[via @JacobsBen]

I know you lot have been patient but…it looks like we’re only 48 hours away now. 

Edited May 23, 20224 yr by JM7

22 hours ago, bisright1 said:

The thing is, you don't know what arsenal would be like as a club now if they had stayed at highbury. There's no guarantee they would be better. 

 

Most likely Wenger without being forced to sell his best players year in year out would have won a lot more trophies to be honest. Keeping Arsenal in the top 4 for 10 odd years with no budget was somewhat of a miracle 

8 hours ago, Kev56 said:

The stand by stand idea isn’t a good idea in my mind, the time scale will be awful, one stand will take a minimum of 2 years 🤔there will be unpredictable time delays, legal obstacles , inflation of material and labour costs, labour disputes over the near decade to possibly complete. Let alone the match day disruption. That long term plan is open to so many unforeseen problems. Also the aesthetic awe full building site look for 10 years?  Remember previous decades of construction. Let alone the decreased attendances. 
life long Chelsea fan over 55 years of going to the bridge. The alternatives move out for 3 years and play at Wembley. ☹️
Build from scratch at Earl’s Court and sell the Bridge. Heartbreaking but basically I ain’t got long left. 
Third option for me. 
 

ps. Also needs to be spuds capacity + 1

Why should Stamford Bridge be sold? There's nothing wrong with it. Surely parts can just be redeveloped if they're out of date. It's not like we sell out every week either, average attendance last season was 36,270

17 minutes ago, Drogba1 said:

Most likely Wenger without being forced to sell his best players year in year out would have won a lot more trophies to be honest. Keeping Arsenal in the top 4 for 10 odd years with no budget was somewhat of a miracle 

We don't know that. It's probable they would have failed to compete as Roman took us to the next level anyway. 

15 minutes ago, Drogba1 said:

Why should Stamford Bridge be sold? There's nothing wrong with it. Surely parts can just be redeveloped if they're out of date. It's not like we sell out every week either, average attendance last season was 36,270

You not hear of covid? There's a reason the average attendance wasn't full all last season! In normal times we'd sell out league cup games against championship opposition. 

Im not sure if you've been, but 3 stands are very out of date. The east stand and Matthew harding need knocking down and we've got a stupid hotel attached that has no value to the other stand. 

I wonder if we have a new owner who can think outside the box?

Build a new multi functional stadium at Earls Court with 60'000 seats and retracting roof. Then play all of our games there for 3 seasons whilst Stamford Bridge is redeveloped into 60'000 seat SOTA football stadium, all safe standing, then hire out Earls Court for functions like concerts, NFL, boxing, tennis, even offer it to the FA as an alternative to Wembley stadium as a neutral ground for cup games and play offs when only 60k seats are needed, let the women's team play their home league games there.

It could be a real money earner for the club, we need to think outside the box to fight above our weight.

19 minutes ago, bisright1 said:

We don't know that. It's probable they would have failed to compete as Roman took us to the next level anyway. 

You not hear of covid? There's a reason the average attendance wasn't full all last season! In normal times we'd sell out league cup games against championship opposition. 

Im not sure if you've been, but 3 stands are very out of date. The east stand and Matthew harding need knocking down and we've got a stupid hotel attached that has no value to the other stand. 

And sanctions, but let’s not kid ourselves, I’ve been to games when around me the capacity was 3/4, Bournemouth midweek in January in 2018, if I remember correctly, freezing cold and got thumped 3-0 at home. Several other games against mid table teams also not at full capacity. This season more recently, Arsenal at home did not have all ST holders in the stadium. And it took a long time to sell all tickets for Wembley this year, at least against Palace. I’m not convinced that we’d fill a 50-60k seater week in week out.