Todd Boehly 'holds talks' for major Stamford Bridge move as statement made with new timeframe

Todd Boehly and Chelsea's new owners are continuing their attempts to expand the capacity for the club's stadium with several options remaining on the table. After 15 months of the Boehly-Clearlake Capital consortium being in charge there is still no clear roadmap towards the desired outcome.

As Roman Abramovich found in the final years of his own tenure and many predicted, expanding the current capacity via redevelopment or a permanent switch to another are both complex issues. It has lead to very little genuine movement from the club, though it was announced last week that a 1.2 acre plot of land had been purchased from veteran housing charity Stoll.

That gives Chelsea room to manouvre in the future but nothing is imminent as the Blues wouldn't be able to use the land until at least 2025. However, that hasn't stopped Boehly from making moves to sound out the possible routes for the club to go down.

On the same day that the Chelsea Pitch Owners (CPO) released a statement regarding the future of Stamford Bridge it was reported in the Daily Mail that Boehly, who is club chairman, had held 'informal talks' with west London neighbours Fulham over a possible groundshare.

The Cottagers play just one mile away by the Thames and have been going through some stadium renovations of their own, expanding the capacity slowly over a number of years with partial closure of stands dating back to 2021. However, they can currently hold less than 30,000 fans, nearly 15,000 less than Stamford Bridge.

Although any move or change is still some way off, CPO said that they had 'not yet been informed of any decision made by the Club on its future plans for the stadium', there are plans being explored with the belief that remaining on the current