Chelsea have stepped up interest in buying a stake in Strasbourg after Uefa’s president, Aleksander Ceferin, opened the door to relaxing restrictions on clubs with the same owner playing in the same European competitions.
The Strasbourg president, Marc Keller, confirmed this month he was in talks with Chelsea’s co-owner Todd Boehly over a full or partial sale of the Ligue 1 club and it is understood those discussions have intensified. Ceferin said this week that Uefa was considering a rule change, after Manchester United’s takeover talks raised issues around the potential conflict of two clubs in the same competition coming under one owner.
