13 minutes ago, dkw said:

I like how everything they are doing seems to be about long term planning, long contracts, building the youth setups etc. This all brings an inherent calmness to the club, which will hopefully give a good solid base to build from...

The only worry is we have won every trophy going the last decade based on total and utter chaos 🤣

7 hours ago, bisright1 said:

The return will be us becoming a bigger club. Sensible owners invest to grow. United are an outlier in owners looking to asset strip

This might be the point where they ask " How many more millions do we need to spend before we start to get our money back?

1 hour ago, The Rising Sun said:

This might be the point where they ask " How many more millions do we need to spend before we start to get our money back?

And the alternative is? Letting us drift to being a mid table team and then selling at a catastrophic loss?

22 hours ago, bisright1 said:

And the alternative is? Letting us drift to being a mid table team and then selling at a catastrophic loss?

I know mate, I agree with you,, but the figure don't add up, but not spending decreases our value for sure..

Take care buddy

46 minutes ago, The Rising Sun said:

I know mate, I agree with you,, but the figure don't add up, but not spending decreases our value for sure..

Take care buddy

Boehly and the group is expecting that if we just stay a top 4 side, our value will increase to a level that eclipses what they paid. Because they think PL clubs are only making a fraction of what they could make by being the biggest clubs in the biggest sport in the world. 

Transfer fees are not important here. They get amortised. Boehly is investing money to increase our yearly wage + transfer costs because he thinks in 5 years time, if we remain one of the big 4 clubs, our revenue will eclipse that number.

But it's key we stay a big club. We don't need to be the best, just up there. 

 

On 23/08/2022 at 03:05, bisright1 said:

Boehly and the group is expecting that if we just stay a top 4 side, our value will increase to a level that eclipses what they paid. Because they think PL clubs are only making a fraction of what they could make by being the biggest clubs in the biggest sport in the world. 

Transfer fees are not important here. They get amortised. Boehly is investing money to increase our yearly wage + transfer costs because he thinks in 5 years time, if we remain one of the big 4 clubs, our revenue will eclipse that number.

But it's key we stay a big club. We don't need to be the best, just up there. 

 

I agree with what you're saying, but we Chelsea fans also need to understand Boehly's investment is a gamble into a market he knows little about. It is not like Abramovich or a Gulf State making a vanity investment with little care for monetary return. Clearlake have a responsibility to their investors which means that there are ultimately some obligations that we will need to eventually adhere to.

The idea of the EPL being commercially undervalued is a shaky prospect that is easily exaggerated. 15 years ago, when Asia, Africa and America could still be considered 'emerging' markets and social media was in its infancy, this absolutely was the case. The successful clubs of the 2010s (United, Barca, Real and Bayern) have already heavily leveraged these markets.

These days, we're seeing social media reach it's peak, all markets are well-established and even prior to the pandemic, television and media advertising revenues were actually beginning to fall. It is a different reality.

For Chelsea to reach the stratospheric valuations and revenues of American sports franchises, we (and the sport of football) will necessarily need to embrace elements of the franchise sporting model. That inevitably means joining a Super League, overseas games, advertising and naming rights etc...how much of that are we fans willing to take?

Fair play to big Todd, he’s come in and done well so far. Sounds like Fofana and Auba are pretty close and Gordon isn’t too far behind. 
 

Thank goodness we didn’t get the Ricketts

2 hours ago, JM7 said:

Fair play to big Todd, he’s come in and done well so far. Sounds like Fofana and Auba are pretty close and Gordon isn’t too far behind. 
 

Thank goodness we didn’t get the Ricketts

Fofana looks on but Auba and Gordon still a fair ways away.

he’s doing a good job networking, especially considering he has never been in the football world 

43 minutes ago, azpi28 said:

he’s doing a good job networking, especially considering he has never been in the football world 

Ignore the guy yelling at you Todd. Get us Flash Gordon!

I’d rather call back Lukaku!

No complaints from me. Almost 3 months in and one crazy busy period. If his persistence and determination in the transfer market is anything to go by, I’m excited what he’ll do for the off the field side of Chelsea (stadium, back office, scouting with data, networking, brand). 
 

That aside, what more could we ask for. Those that think we got played this summer should calm a little - we’re adding quality with first team acquisitions and buying high potential  youth like we haven’t for years. I’m thrilled so far. 

2 hours ago, Mod said:

I’d rather call back Lukaku!

Steady on Mod that is going too far... wait was thar you shouting at Todd not to sign Flash?

Edited August 28, 20223 yr by axman2526

6 hours ago, azpi28 said:

he’s doing a good job networking, especially considering he has never been in the football world 

Seriously @azpi28 I think you must have spent the entire summer on Twitter trawling for Chelsea news 😄

On 24/08/2022 at 06:05, SydneyChelsea said:

That inevitably means joining a Super League, overseas games,

No it doesn't or didn't you see the demonstrations not just at the Bridge but at every top six ground. English fans will only take so much before they react in the strongest terms. Super league would mean half empty stadiums your average English fan as the banner outside the Bridge said we want our Monday nights in Stoke not a Wednesday night at the Bernabeu.

1 hour ago, bluehaze said:

No it doesn't or didn't you see the demonstrations not just at the Bridge but at every top six ground. English fans will only take so much before they react in the strongest terms. Super league would mean half empty stadiums your average English fan as the banner outside the Bridge said we want our Monday nights in Stoke not a Wednesday night at the Bernabeu.

I agree there will not be a ' Super League ' But the Suits and dodgy officials will occasionally tweak what we have to appease the big boys in Europe.

42 minutes ago, Kev56 said:

I agree there will not be a ' Super League ' But the Suits and dodgy officials will occasionally tweak what we have to appease the big boys in Europe.

True although the likes of Barca need this to happen more than the English clubs. It will never replace the glamour of the Full Members Cup😆

1 hour ago, bluehaze said:

True although the likes of Barca need this to happen more than the English clubs. It will never replace the glamour of the Full Members Cup😆

Don't knock it, not glamorous but great days out. Then again in those heady days we had glory in the Zenith Data Systems trophy. Great away days back then.

 

1 hour ago, Kev56 said:

Don't knock it, not glamorous but great days out. Then again in those heady days we had glory in the Zenith Data Systems trophy. Great away days back then.

 

I was at both for most of us the first time we saw Chelsea at Wembley.

16 hours ago, bluehaze said:

No it doesn't or didn't you see the demonstrations not just at the Bridge but at every top six ground. English fans will only take so much before they react in the strongest terms. Super league would mean half empty stadiums your average English fan as the banner outside the Bridge said we want our Monday nights in Stoke not a Wednesday night at the Bernabeu.

The only reason those demonstrations worked is because Chelsea and later City reneged on the agreement ie. the only two clubs who did not need the revenue of the Super League as the clubs were not operated for the direct financial profit of the owners.

That ownership model has changed for us, and we are now in the same boat as United, Liverpool, Arsenal etc. Our majority ownership belongs to a hedge fund who must act in the best interests of their stakeholders, which means growing the profit and valuation of the club above all else. Whenever Super League 2.0 takes shape, we will be in it out of necessity to achieve Boehly/Clearlake's vision of a £10bn valuation.

7 hours ago, SydneyChelsea said:

The only reason those demonstrations worked is because Chelsea and later City reneged on the agreement ie. the only two clubs who did not need the revenue of the Super League as the clubs were not operated for the direct financial profit of the owners.

That ownership model has changed for us, and we are now in the same boat as United, Liverpool, Arsenal etc. Our majority ownership belongs to a hedge fund who must act in the best interests of their stakeholders, which means growing the profit and valuation of the club above all else. Whenever Super League 2.0 takes shape, we will be in it out of necessity to achieve Boehly/Clearlake's vision of a £10bn valuation.

It doesn't matter what boat we are in the super league will never happen as @Kev56 said the Champions League will probably change but the PL won't it's too much of a cash cow especially for mid ranking clubs.  Forget investments and money for a minute the average football fan will never stand for the absolute bollocks that was the Super League like I said it goes against everything football is about the fans spoke and for once the higher ups listened.

14 hours ago, SydneyChelsea said:

The only reason those demonstrations worked is because Chelsea and later City reneged on the agreement ie. the only two clubs who did not need the revenue of the Super League as the clubs were not operated for the direct financial profit of the owners.

That ownership model has changed for us, and we are now in the same boat as United, Liverpool, Arsenal etc. Our majority ownership belongs to a hedge fund who must act in the best interests of their stakeholders, which means growing the profit and valuation of the club above all else. Whenever Super League 2.0 takes shape, we will be in it out of necessity to achieve Boehly/Clearlake's vision of a £10bn valuation.

Sadly true I suspect 

On 29/08/2022 at 01:54, SydneyChelsea said:

The only reason those demonstrations worked is because Chelsea and later City reneged on the agreement ie. the only two clubs who did not need the revenue of the Super League as the clubs were not operated for the direct financial profit of the owners.

That ownership model has changed for us, and we are now in the same boat as United, Liverpool, Arsenal etc. Our majority ownership belongs to a hedge fund who must act in the best interests of their stakeholders, which means growing the profit and valuation of the club above all else. Whenever Super League 2.0 takes shape, we will be in it out of necessity to achieve Boehly/Clearlake's vision of a £10bn valuation.

Super league 2.0 would be what exactly?

Super league 1.0 was a different version of the European cup with automatic qualification and more games. We have pretty much ended up with that anyway with the new champions league changes.

Edited August 30, 20223 yr by bisright1

“Todd Boehly was very respectful and tough… he negotiated very hard! Todd’s very successful and even though this is a new area for him he did not make it easy for us.”

- Brighton’s Paul Barber on Marc Cucurella negotiations.

- via @talkSPORT

1 hour ago, JM7 said:

“Todd Boehly was very respectful and tough… he negotiated very hard! Todd’s very successful and even though this is a new area for him he did not make it easy for us.”

- Brighton’s Paul Barber on Marc Cucurella negotiations.

- via @talkSPORT

Get him to go back in for Moises Caicedo then!!