Chelsea kickstart multi-club mannequin with deal to buy French membership Strasbourg
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helsea’s house owners have purchased French membership Strasbourg as they set out on their plans to create a multi-club mannequin.
The likes of Manchester City and Red Bull have pioneered the idea of proudly owning a number of groups across the globe and Chelsea co-owner Todd Boehly has been vocal in his plans to construct an analogous set-up for the Blues.
French sides Lyon, Sochaux and Bordeaux had been additionally focused earlier than Standard Sport reported of talks with Strasbourg in May.
Le Racing have simply completed fifteenth in Ligue 1 and reviews recommend a deal by the Chelsea house owners’ consortium, BlueCo, to buy the workforce price within the area of £64million.
Marc Keller, Strasbourg’s membership president since 2012, will stay in place on account of the takeover which he mentioned was accepted after taking the membership so far as he can.
“This is an important day for Racing,” mentioned Keller. “It’s something my shareholder friends and I have been thinking about for the past two years.
“We’ve built a club that’s healthy at every level and well managed. Although there was no financial urgency, we were aware that we had reached the ceiling of our model.
“If we wanted to continue driving Racing forward and projecting it into a new dimension, we necessarily needed to be accompanied by a solid structure capable of supporting our development and our ambition.”
Clubs in Belgium, Brazil and Portugal are additionally on Chelsea’s radar as they appear to develop their world mannequin.
“BlueCo plans to make an active contribution to the development of the model implemented by Marc Keller,” it mentioned.
“First, financially, by providing capital that will enable investment in the men’s and women’s first teams, the academy and across the club.”