Todd Boehly has outlined his 'customer relationships' plan that could give him the overall advantage over Jim Ratcliffe to become Roman Abramovich's successor at Chelsea.
Initially, it seemed as though Boehly won the three-horse race as Stephen Pagliuca's and Sir Martin Broughton's respective consortiums were ruled out of the race for various reasons. However, at the eleventh hour came the current Nice owner with his lucrative £4.25billion offer that has been criticised by former Premier League owner Simon Jordan. It was a bid that was expected to shake up the whole takeover process but it may be too late in the Raine Group's eyes as they have now granted Boehly and co-exclusive talks with Roman Abramovich to try and complete the full acquisition of the club by May 31.
Chelsea supporters are unsurprisingly growing ever-tired of this draining process which has recently taken its toll on the pitch with all the uncertainty potentially putting into jeopardy the Blues' top four pursuit with dropped points against Man United and Everton allowing Arsenal and Tottenham back into the conversation. Whether they can continue limping over the line remains to be seen but you cannot fault the fans for now wanting the season to hurry up to a close to allow the new owners to bring some stability during the summer months with what has been described by many by one of the biggest transfer windows for the club in recent history with various issues to sort out in many positions.
