The Gab and Juls show is one of the best football podcasts out there because both Gabriele Marcotti and Julien Laurens know their stuff, and also because they’re not afraid to get into the granular detail of events.
This isn’t just your usual football show rounding up the viral moments from the weekend before. They like to get technical and stuck in to more than just the goals and gaffes.
In today’s edition they got in deep on Chelsea’s ownership situation, in the light of the sacking of Mauricio Pochettino on Tuesday night. Marcotti had some really interesting speculation about what these events might be telling us about the future of Chelsea’s ownership.
The current setup is Todd Boehly as part owner, with the majority of the club owners by the “Clearlake” group, headed up by Behdad Eghbali. It’s actually more complicated than that, but it’s the easiest way to explain it.
A consortium that could fall apart
Marcotti claimed that Boehly and the Clearlake duo of Eghbali and Feliciano “don’t see eye to eye.”
“We’ve seen Boehly stepping back… they seem to be at odds… I think Boehly might fade into the background, maybe sell part of his stake or all of his stake. He’s not going to be visible,” the pundit continued.
It’s an interesting take on things. Of course we hear so little from them it’s hard to get a read on what’s going on behind the scenes, but the reporting that Eghbali was anti-Pochettino while Boehly came out and publicly praised the coach recently certainly backs up Marcotti’s speculating that the two parties are pulling in different directions.
Whether or not that leads Boehly to sell part of his stake or just take more of a passive role overall remains to be seen, but as Marcotti points out, the overwhelming financial might is with Clearlake.
DUMP THE BLOODY LOT, AND SELL TO SOMEONE WITH A BRAIN WHO KNOWS ABOUT ENGLISH LEAGUE FOOTBALL, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY —-C. F. C.
Yes
I’d rather dump fans like YOU who don’t know what they are talking about.
Amen.
I’d actually dump you as clearly you have no idea about the football club. You must be blind to not see what is happening to CFC
Not surprised at words coming out of a dumb and brainless slug like you who ain’t know shit.
Absolutely. What a sh**show our club has been since these morons took over. Buying useless players for well over what they are worth and then wondering why we are not winning competitions.
How right you are I wish they left Roman alone he put lot of money in U K look how they treat him ass holes .
Boehly dosent have a clue you cant just splash the cash and win titles. perhaps his head is in baseball. Boehly is getting chelsea fc in a right old mess.all young players asking for trouble a balance needed with older seasoned players needed too.
You’re ALL missing the point here!
This lot didn’t buy Chelsea to be successful and win silverware, they bought it to trade with. Premiership and the top European Clubs are the new “asset class” for these morons, and we, like utter mugs, are prepared to turn up week after week and underwrite this total madness!
I’m gutted that Pochettino has gone, I like the guy, he’s the nearest thing to Ancelotti out there and never once did he lose his composure while blending together a team with players who he had no say in being recruited.
This will come to haunt these cretins but, more importantly, also the fans…..
I bet the English gov is happy right now why did they have to strip Abramovich n sell to these guys now CFC is going down the drain I bet it’s what they wanted
Curse of Abramovich!!
Cfc needs an organised admin
Puch’s sacking remains one of those things I can not change
We want Todd Boehly and his co-owners out of Chelsea!
You cannot keep spending huge money on young, unless and inexperienced players, and you think coaches can make magic to win trophies! Sacking Pochetino was a very stupid and senseless thing to do!!! Your decisions are hurting the team and fans! You have no brain for football! Please leave!!!!!