"This strategic investment would further our presence in European football, alongside our ownership of Chelsea. We believe it would create huge opportunities to share knowledge and expertise." Strasbourg said BlueCo intends to make an "active contribution" by investing in the men's and women's teams, plus the academy.
It's not illegal; called balancing the books. Clubs do it all the time; sell player A to club B for an inflated fee & then buy another player back from that club for exactly the same fee.
They should be one of the stories of the season, but they're not. Why? Because this small club -- Strasbourg in Ligue 1 -- is now owned by the same people who own Chelsea. You know, the Premier League club that set a record for spending more than $1 billion on its squad not too long ago.
However, Strasbourg - bought by BlueCo ownership under Todd Boehly and Clearlake Capital for £65m - are yet to win over some of their hardcore ultras, who describe them as Chelsea's "feeder club". It is a claim club president Marc Keller denies.
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Is the owner of Chelsea a Russian oligarch?
Roman Arkadyevich Abramovich (born 24 October 1966) is a Russian business oligarch and politician. He is the former owner of Chelsea, a Premier League football club in London, England, and is the primary owner of the private investment company Millhouse.
Last season Chelsea and Strasbourg could have been in the same European competition, but BlueCo took steps to be compliant with Uefa's rules so both would be admitted.
Strasbourg is immersed in Franco-German culture and although violently disputed throughout history, has been a cultural bridge between France and Germany for centuries, especially through the University of Strasbourg, currently the second-largest in France, and the coexistence of Catholic and Protestant culture.
Mamadou Sarr (born 29 August 2005) is a professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Ligue 1 side Strasbourg, on loan from Premier League club Chelsea.
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He is the company's co-founder, chairman, chief executive officer and controlling member, as well as chairman of asset manager Eldridge. He is also the co-controlling owner and chairman of Premier League football club Chelsea, and co-owner of Ligue 1 football club Strasbourg under BlueCo.
Tom Brady has spent his post-playing career amassing ownership stakes in teams like the NFL's Raiders, the WNBA's Aces and English soccer club Birmingham City, but the seven-time Super Bowl winner says he's more focused on what's happening on the field than what's taking place in the boardroom.
In simple terms: Amortisation. Chelsea have spread the cost of each transfer across the length of the contract of the player, to prevent extensive single year expenditure. For instance, the £88.5 million signing of Mykhailo Mudryk would be valued at around £11 million per year over his eight and half year contract.
A large section of Chelsea fans turned against Courtois when he refused to report for preseason training in an attempt to force through the move, which in turn forced the Blues to scramble in search of a replacement No. 1 goalkeeper before the Premier League transfer deadline.
On 7 May 2022, Chelsea confirmed that terms had been agreed for a new ownership group, led by Todd Boehly, Clearlake Capital, Mark Walter and Hansjörg Wyss, to acquire the club. The group was later known as BlueCo. The UK government approved the £4.25bn takeover, ending Abramovich's 19-year ownership of the club.
Today around 16,000 Jews reside in Strasbourg but their history is similar to the rest of France and Europe with several expulsions, accusations, forced-baptisms and deaths. Alsace became part of France in 1648, but Jews still did not have civil rights until after the French Revolution.
The lispy th is absent in French, as it is in many other languages, which leads to its classic alternative, the z. “Zis is ze zermometer” (this is the thermometer).
Explained: Chelsea's debt to Abramovich passes £1.5 billion. Chelsea's debt to Roman Abramovich now exceeds £1.5 billion, spanning the Russian's 18-year ownership of the Premier League club.
Former Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich is reportedly living a luxurious lifestyle in Turkey, as Keir Starmer demands he unlock the funds from his enforced Chelsea sale.
Eight prominent Russian oligarchs include Roman Abramovich, Oleg Deripaska, Alisher Usmanov, Vladimir Potanin, Mikhail Fridman, Gennady Timchenko, Alexey Mordashov, and the Rotenberg brothers (Arkady & Boris), known for rapidly accumulating wealth in the 1990s via post-Soviet privatization, often with ties to the state, and facing international sanctions and scrutiny.
The two clubs are allowed to sell players to one another as long as the fee represents fair market value. Eleven players have already moved between the two clubs since BlueCo bought Strasbourg, with a 12th — Emanuel Emegha — confirmed last week. He will move to London in 2026.
Russia's national teams and domestic clubs have been suspended from participating in FIFA and UEFA (the governing body of European football) competitions since the nation's illegal, full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
