Todd Boehly will be removed as chairman of Chelsea football club in 2027, Daily Mail understands.

As part of an extraordinary agreement the club’s American co-owners can pass the chairmanship between themselves every five years.

And it can be revealed that the intention is to do just that when the opportunity arises at the end of the 2026-27 season.

Under the terms of the group’s takeover, Boehly is thought to have ‘gone first’ despite holding a minority stake.

Clearlake Capital, the private equity firm managed by fellow owners Behdad Eghbali and Jose Feliciano, have a 61.5 per cent share in the club’s holding company while Boehly has an equal split of the remaining 38.5 per cent with Hansjorg Wyss and Mark Walter.

However, the option to choose the first chairman is thought to have been connected to the terms of the 2022 sale agreement which, while

This post was originally published on this site