Chelsea's owners are set to publish their yearly accounts for the 2022/23 term. It aligns with the first full season for Behdad Eghbali — Clearlake Capital co-owner — and Todd Boehly in charge of the club.
Since arriving in May 2022 — taking over from Roman Abramovich after he sold the club following sanctions imposed on him by the UK government in the aftermath of Russia's invasion of Ukraine — Chelsea have struggled. Taking over a side that had finished third in the Premier League, reaching both domestic cup finals, and knocked out by eventual Champions League winners Real Madrid in the quarter-finals, things have gone downhill since.
Despite over £1billion worth of potential transfer fees being splashed on new players, the Boehly-Clearlake ownership — in a consortium named BlueCo with Swiss billionaire Hansjorg Wyss, and American businessman Mark Walter, of Guggenheim Partners alongside Boehly — has failed to continue the success of the club in the past 20 years. Now, with the threat of punishment for breaching financial regulations, all eyes are what figures will be coming out soon.
Due to be published in March, Chelsea are yet to make their figures public unlike Arsenal and Aston Villa. A statement from BlueCo, a parent company of the club, has been submitted on time and will be ready for full dissection imminently and could make for interesting reading.
Full analysis of the BlueCo numbers will be available soon after confirmation of the companies' accounts up to June 30, 2023, is published on HMRC website, Companies House. The document is now «being processed and will be available in 10 days.»
It comes at a time whereby Chelsea are under immense financial scrutiny having spent so lavishly in the market.Following a
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