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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
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Dave Powell

Chelsea owner makes FSG and Liverpool 'opportunities' claim after making two major appointments

Chelsea co-owner Behdad Eghbali believes that Liverpool under the stewardship of Fenway Sports Group are one of the few well managed teams in the Premier League.

Eghbali, co-founder of Clearlake Capital, the private equity fund that completed a £2.5bn (potentially rising to £4.2bn) takeover of Chelsea with a consortium fronted by US businessman Todd Boehly and Swiss billionaire Hansjorg Wyss earlier this year, has already overseen significant changes at Stamford Bridge this season.

With Chelsea having spent more than £270m in the summer transfer window and then sacking Thomas Tuchel just weeks into the season and replacing him with Brighton & Hove Albion's Graham Potter, the landscape has shifted at the club as they target success both on and off the field.

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