Clearlake stake in Chelsea to be reduced after restructure of Boehly bid | OneFootball

Todd Boehly’s attempts to buy Chelsea Football Club are really pressing ahead this week as the American and his consortium entered exclusive talks with the club.

It looks like a matter of time now before they are officially confirmed as the new owners of Chelsea.

Sources: Chelsea expect to start negotiations with two new centre-backs when the takeover is complete.

Clearlake Capital are the key investors in the group who are taking the majority shareholding. A shareholding that was thought to be around 66%.

However, Sky News are reporting just now that their stake will be reduced after a restructure and they will hold a 60% stake.

The demand for an extra £500m from Roman Abramovich last week will see Todd Boehly and his individual co-investors injecting a majority of the additional money themselves, meaning their stake in Chelsea will increase.

Voting rights will be split equally between Clearlake and Boehly’s side.

It’s an interesting development but it won’t have a lot of significance in the outcome.