‘Master and servant’ – Chelsea-Strasbourg deal benefits Premier League more than Ligue 1 - Inside Europe

The ever-changing landscape of football has seen another intriguing development this week. BlueCo, the consortium who purchased Premier League giants Chelsea last summer has sealed a deal to take a majority stake in French side Racing Strasbourg.

Ad Marc Keller, the Ligue 1 club’s president, declared that the move was necessary for their continued development, with BlueCo committing to invest in the men’s and women’s first teams. TransfersAre Premier League giants making a mistake in pursuing Rice over Caicedo?21 HOURS AGO The two clubs falling under the same banner will not be dissimilar to the City Football Group, who own Manchester City as well as several other teams around the world – including another French side Troyes — and Red Bull, who have also created a global network of football teams.

However, it remains to be seen who actually benefits from the multi-club system, with understandable scepticism abound. We spoke to our colleague Maxime Dupuis from Eurosport France to gauge whether this is actually a good deal for Strasbourg.

“The fans are, in France, not really happy with that [multi-club arrangement],” says Dupuis, citing supporters of Troyes and Lorient — the latter who are part-owned by Bournemouth majority shareholder Bill Foley. “They feel like their team becomes an affiliate team, for development.

And lower than the main one, which is at the top of the pyramid.” Ramsey and Smith Rowe fire England to opening win over Czech Republic at U21 Euros ‘Serie A is the Premier League’s supermarket’ – Experts on 'unique' Tonali and 'amazing' Vicario 'If you are a development team, you cannot be on top' Keller, who previously played for Strasbourg, as well as West Ham, became club president in 2012. The former