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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Sport
James Robson

Chelsea’s new owners have talked a good game... now it is time for investment and results on and off the pitch

Todd Boehly’s first statement after being handed the keys to Chelsea was just 94 words long but it hit all the right notes. Co-owners, Clearlake Capital, provided a further 104.

Fewer than 200 words, after months of jumping through hoops, beating off competition from some of the richest people in the world and negotiating their way through Government red tape to end the era of Roman Abramovich and herald a new dawn at Stamford Bridge.

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