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Todd Boehly's grand gesture shows new Chelsea plan as Thomas Tuchel looks to complete rebuild

Chelsea's new front-facing co-owner is already doing all he can to put himself on the scene. Todd Boehly's early remit since taking charge of the club has been to launch himself willingly into an alien interim sporting director role, in tandem with familiarising himself with the European football market.

The America businessman has taken another step to become entangled with the right bodies as well, taking it upon himself to organise an informal dinner for other Premier League executives, writes The Athletic.

Alongside Behdad Eghbali, the co-founder of Clearlake Capital, Chelsea have been big actors so far in the transfer market without making the desired moves, to this point. Their bold approach has been commented upon by experienced directors and negotiators within the market as impressive. However, he has a big two weeks ahead in order to get a similar reaction out of Thomas Tuchel.

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