Chelsea fans slam club’s ‘exploitative’ new ticket policies June 24, 2025 Chelsea fans have blasted a controversial new ticket pricing strategy, accusing the ownership of “exploiting the loyalty of those people who are the lifeblood of the club”. The Chelsea Supporters’ Trust says season ticket prices have increased by an average of 17 per cent in the last two years and that polling of its members [...]
John Textor plans to buy another English club after £175m Crystal Palace sale June 23, 2025 Crystal Palace co-owner John Textor plans to buy another English club after agreeing to sell his stake in the Premier League side to fellow American Woody Johnson. Textor has signed a legally binding deal to sell his 43 per cent stake in Crystal Palace to Johnson, the former US ambassador to the UK who owns [...]
NBA’s LA Lakers to sell majority stake to Chelsea co-owner in £7.5bn deal June 19, 2025 The Buss family are selling a majority stake in the LA Lakers in a deal that could value the NBA franchise at £7.45bn. Owned by the same family since 1979, the LA Lakers are one of sports most iconic teams in world sport with the likes of LeBron James, Magic Johnson, Kobe Bryant, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, [...]
Club World Cup tickets: Chelsea fans say Fifa shot themselves in foot June 10, 2025 Will the first expanded Club World Cup be a success or did Fifa bungle the ticket sales irreparably? City AM asked two Chelsea fans who are spending thousands to attend. For lifelong Chelsea fan John Hand, 62, a trip to the Club World Cup has been several years in the making. “When we won the [...]
Can government force £2.5bn Abramovich Chelsea funds to Ukraine? June 8, 2025 Last week the UK government threatened to take Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich to court to make sure the £2.5bn raised from his sale of Chelsea FC went to Ukraine. Abramovich owned Chelsea from 2003 until his forced sale in 2022 following Russia’s illegal invasion of Ukraine. But the proceeds of the sale to a consortium [...]
Premier League to keep ability to sell hotels to related companies June 4, 2025 Not enough support was garnered amongst Premier League clubs to hold a vote on changing rules relating to fixed assets. The decision means Premier League clubs like Chelsea will still be able to sell hotels to a company linked to their owners without penalty. The Blues sold two hotels in 2023 and included the generated [...]
Chelsea named top talent producers in Premier League June 2, 2025 Chelsea may have spent more than £1bn on transfers since the Todd Boehly-Clearlake takeover but the club’s talent factory leads the way in producing Premier League players. The famed Cobham academy was responsible for more players and more minutes played than any other in the top division last season, underlining the value of developing homegrown [...]
Sofas and season tickets: Inside the world of retail finance May 16, 2025 Retailing financing is on the up and as big banks steer away from the market, specialist lenders are cashing in. Fresh research from the finance and leasing association (FLA) showed consumer finance grew by 13 per cent in March 2025, compared to the year prior. The first quarter of 2025 saw a six per cent [...]
Boehly: Chelsea fans may need to wait until 2042 for new stadium May 6, 2025 Chelsea fans may need to wait until 2042 before they can move from Stamford Bridge to a new home, co-owner Todd Boehly warned on Tuesday. The club have fallen behind London rivals including Arsenal, Tottenham Hotspur and Fulham in swapping old stadia for new arenas, or vastly upgrading existing infrastructure. But with a move to [...]
Boehly: Chelsea worth more now than £2.5bn we paid March 24, 2025 Chelsea chairman Todd Boehly believes the club is worth more now than the record £2.5bn his consortium paid to acquire them in summer 2022. The Blues have not won a trophy or qualified for the Champions League since the takeover, while Boehly’s group has spent more than £1bn on new players. But asked whether Chelsea [...]