Since Todd Boehly strode into Chelsea he has wasted no time in letting everyone know there’s a new sheriff in town. After hustling Bruce Buck, Marina Granovskaia and Petr Cech out of the door marked Do One he immediately set about sticking up two fingers at some of Chelsea’s rivals, hijacking Arsenal’s move for Raphinha and then elbowing his way into Manchester United’s negotiations for Frenkie de Jong. Heck, he even threw £50m big ones at those moneybags at the Etihad for Raheem Sterling and told them he’s coming back for Nathan Aké too. But we’ve seen nothing yet, because now Big Todd is angry.
Barcelona reached down the back of the settee and found the £60m needed to snaffle Raphinha. And Bayern have pulled rank over Matthijs de Ligt, agreeing personal terms with the Juventus centre-back who joined Chelsea’s longlist when someone reminded Boehly that Real Madrid and Barcelona were pilfering 80% of his defenders on free transfers.
