Todd Boehly agreement with Chelsea could kickstart new era with 2023 plan for Thomas Tuchel

Chelsea confirmed yesterday they had agreed for a new ownership group, led by Todd Boehly, Clearlake Capital, Mark Walter and Hansjoerg Wyss, to acquire the Club.

It was in 2019 when Boehly tried to buy the club off Roman Abramovich and a £2.2bn bid was rejected. This approach came shortly after Abramovich decided to withdraw his application for a UK visa and also amid halted progress on Stamford Bridge's redevelopment.

But now in 2022 and with Chelsea up for sale, the American has finally got his wish.

Chelsea sale: Todd Boehly's consortium reaches agreement to buy the club from Roman Abramovich

A brilliant explainer piece by Matt Law for The Telegraph details the background of Boehly leading this consortium and his experience turning the Major League Baseball team the Los Angeles Dodgers into a success.

Speaking to Yahoo Finance last June, Boehly detailed his approach to co-owning part of the Dodgers and his intent to win.

"It all starts from the governance and the culture. Having Earvin Johnson [the former NBA superstar and a co-owner of the Dodgers] as our partner, he just pounded in on us all along [that] we have to win. Right, if you're in LA, you have to win.

"Being able to have LA as a market. Get the team together, get the energy going, we did a lot of transactions early on, we did the biggest trade ever with the Boston Red Sox. We wanted to feel passionate about winning.

"You always have to keep remembering the fans are the centre. And the second that you kind of veer just go back to, 'think about the fans, think about the fans'."

These are all words that will be of encouragement to Chelsea supporters curious over what new ownership could look like. As Law's article also refers to, sources close to the