The wheels were well and truly put into motion at Chelsea this week.
Having seen former owner Roman Abramovich exit due to the forced sale of the club owing to sanctions placed upon him over historic ties to Russian president Vladimir Putin, the era of an owner willing to fund success through his own money, and willing to lose plenty of it, is now over at Stamford Bridge.
The takeover of the club by a US consortium led by LA Dodgers part-owner Todd Boehly, one that has financial backing from private equity giants Clearlake Capital and Swiss billionaire Hansjorg Wyss, was completed earlier this month after the group won a race that had been overseen by UK Government to purchase the club for a sum around £2.5bn.
