Chelsea’s boardroom rift: if Boehly goes who will Clearlake have left to blame? | Sam Cunningham

<p>Despite another reset with a new manager and fresh strategy, the boardroom drama persists at Stamford Bridge</p><p>Perhaps, in hindsight, it was always going to end this way. As some of the world’s wealthiest investors scrambled to find funds after Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine set a series of dominoes toppling that <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/mar/03/roman-abramovich-chelsea-sale-statement-words-under-the-microscope">forced Roman Abramovich to sell Chelsea</a>, it threw together some unexpected allies.</p><p>Todd Boehly became the public face of the winning bid, convincing the US sports mogul Mark Walter and the Swiss businessman Hansjörg Wyss to join as 12.8% minority investors. The private equity firm Clearlake Capital put in 61.6%, bringing the owners Behdad Eghbali and José E Feliciano, who made their fortunes investing in tech, into the leadership fold.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/aug/18/chelsea-todd-boehly-mark-walter-clearlake-capital-ownership">Continue reading...</a>