Finance guru: Chelsea rivals not taking Todd Boehly seriously as private meeting details emerge
Todd Boehly’s peers may not be taking the new Chelsea owner’s ideas seriously at Premier League shareholder meetings.
That is the view of finance expert Doctor Dan Plumley, speaking exclusively to Football Insider about the American billionaire’s start to life at Stamford Bridge.
Boehly led a consortium of investors to a £2.5billion takeover of the Blues in May, and his time in West London so far has been characterised by upheaval.
Graham Potter has replaced Thomas Tuchel in the dugout, while Bruce Buck, Marina Granovskia, Petr Cech and Steve Atkins have all left senior roles.
But perhaps the most controversial aspect of Boehly’s reign so far was his suggestion of a North versus South Premier League all-star game, which was widely panned by the commentariat.
The Daily Mail reported last Friday (23 September) that the idea was not even raised at the most recent Premier League shareholder meeting.
Is also understood that Boehly was the first executive to leave the meeting.
Plumley suggests that the 49-year-old may not have yet been accepted into the fold of Premier League big wigs.
“There are three things here that I would pin this against,” the Sheffield Hallam University expert told Football Insider’s Adam Williams.
“Firstly, there is a lot going on at the Premier League level. New Deal for Football, independent regulation, government intervention etcetera. Those will be top of the agenda at the moment.
“The second thing is the fallout from the Super League is still there. Any proposal like this is going to be met with some criticism from the media and the outside world.
“The third thing is that he is still quite new to this shareholders group. I think maybe you have to get your feet under the table first.
“That might be why he isn’t getting traction at this point in time. But I expect it to come back around at some point.”
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