Chelsea fan board reveals Todd Boehly meeting after emotional statement with true feelings clear

A continued split between Chelsea fans firmly remains after the club's Fan Advisory Board (FAB) issued a marked response to the supporters' trust (CST) following a letter directed at the owners last week. New CEO Chris Jurasek responded to the original letter, but the feeling of disconnect and discontent remains.

The Chelsea Supporters' Trust (CST),in an emotional but damning plea towards Todd Boehly, Clearlake Capital, and the consortium that purchased the club from Roman Abramovich in May 2022, complained of «the current feeling amongst Chelsea supporters being „at its lowest since the early 1980s.“ CST also warned of „irreversible toxicity, almost irrelevant of results on the pitch.“

However, the FAB, which was set up by Boehly-Clearlake to improve communications between supporters and the ownership, have hit back at the letter. Comprised of seven lifelong Blues fans, the reply states that they „don’t recognise the suggestion that fans are not being involved in the future of the Club,“ as was claimed by the CST.

It adds, „This goes directly against our experience. So we wanted to set the record straight,“ and „Chelsea’s FAB is a pioneering effort, created around a year ago, to ensure that the fan’s voice is listened to across the Club.“

The statement continues: „At Chelsea Football Club’s last main Board meeting (on March 11th),Todd Boehly and Behdad Eghbali directly (and in-person) asked the FAB to help shape the Club’s proposals in relation to ticketing and we have been working on exactly that. We have had multiple sessions with club executives to work through potential proposals and provided with data to help substantiate any potential changes.

“So whilst the precise content of these meetings must remain confidential,