Todd Boehly's bold Premier League takeover claim proves he is exactly the owner Chelsea need

After weeks of rumours and counter rumours flowing from different media sources indicating who or had not made it onto Raine's prestigious shortlist it now seems we have our favourite in Todd Boehly and his consortium.

From what we can gather on Friday afternoon when I type these words, he is the frontrunner to buy Chelsea. Todd Boehly's consortium, involving Swiss billionaire Hansjorg Wyss, the British entrepreneur Jonathan Goldstein and California investment firm Clearlake Capital.

After a late charge by Sir Jim Ratcliffe, sources close to the process told Telegraph Sport that the bid had come too late to be immediately advanced.

Chelsea takeover moves closer to completion with Todd Boehly selected despite last-gasp bid

I have written about Boehly's track record of winning with the LA Dodgers and how that helps set him apart from other interested parties. The sheer size of the online backlash to the Ricketts, the other US-led bid, also helps Boehly's growing reputation amongst supporters who've slowly gained intrigue over Roman Abramovich's potential successor.

I have referred to two very impressive interviews Boehly gave last year to Sportico and Yahoo, both fully worth your time to get a gauge of the American's history and intentions with the Dodgers, to which when asked in the Yahoo interview, repeatedly talks about the importance of winning in LA.

An older clip from an interview with Bloomberg from September 2019 is probably the most relevant to Chelsea, responding to a question over why Boehly would want to buy a Premier League club.

"Football is the biggest sport in the world". Boehly starts. "The passion that the fans have for the activity and the sport and the teams is unparalleled. So when you start to think