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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Suzanne Wrack

Alexis Ohanian’s £20m investment in Chelsea Women hailed as ‘great respect’

Katie Cox, Aggie Beever-Jones, and Wieke Kaptein of Chelsea celebrate with the Women's Super League trophy
Katie Cox, Aggie Beever-Jones, and Wieke Kaptein of Chelsea celebrate with the Women's Super League trophy following their unbeaten season. Photograph: Harriet Lander/Chelsea FC/Getty Images

Sonia Bompastor has described the £20m investment of the Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian in Chelsea Women as “a gamechanging investment for the women’s game” before their FA Cup final against Manchester United on Sunday, at which the new minority owner will be in attendance.

“We speak about the investment but it is also the values underpinning it,” the Chelsea manager said of the move by the husband of the tennis great Serena Williams, the winner of 23 grand slam singles titles. “That’s really important for the women’s game but also for the game in England. It shows we are in a really great place at the moment.

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