{"id":617873,"date":"2022-09-16T12:21:37","date_gmt":"2022-09-16T16:21:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=617873"},"modified":"2022-09-16T12:21:37","modified_gmt":"2022-09-16T16:21:37","slug":"chelsea-portuguese-multi-club-opportunity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/09\/16\/chelsea-portuguese-multi-club-opportunity\/","title":{"rendered":"Chelsea Owner Targets Lucrative Portuguese Multi-Club Opportunity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Telegraph&#8217;s Matt Law has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/football\/2022\/09\/14\/chelsea-eye-portuguese-club-takeover-todd-boehly-talks-jorge\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reported<\/a> that <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/09\/13\/chelsea-ngolo-kante-contract-update\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Chelsea<\/a> &#8220;have held talks over buying a club in Portugal&#8221; and that this &#8220;interest dates back to June when Boehly met with Neil Bath and Jorge Mendes in Portugal&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>If successful, this takeover would see Chelsea owner Todd Boehly add a second football club to his portfolio, creating an opportunity for the club to build its very own multi-club empire.<\/p>\n<h2>Chelsea Hold Talks With Portuguese Club Over Potential Takeover Deal<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Chelsea have held talks over buying a club in Portugal &#8211; interest dates back to June when Boehly met with Neil Bath and Jorge Mendes in Portugal <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CFC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#CFC<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OpWJDYJpGU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/OpWJDYJpGU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Matt Law (@Matt_Law_DT) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Matt_Law_DT\/status\/1569974660011261954?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">September 14, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>The Multi-Club Model<\/h3>\n<p>The Multi-club model, whilst controversial among fans, allows a club to provide their most promising young stars with reliable playing time in a competitive environment. Given just how effective Chelsea&#8217;s academy has been in recent years at producing talent, it is no wonder the American businessman is considering this option.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More: <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/09\/13\/chelsea-russian-wonderkid-arsen-zakharyan-transfer\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Fabrizio Romano Provides Update on Chelsea\u2019s Pursuit of Russian \u2018Wonderkid\u2019<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In a recent <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SALTConference\/status\/1569700834170003457?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1569720508693860354%7Ctwgr%5E011cbf72303155682fa92e495019380cb00f1173%7Ctwcon%5Es2_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailymail.co.uk%2Fsport%2Ffootball%2Farticle-11206801%2FChelsea-owner-Boehly-reveals-Tuchel-sacked-unwillingness-buy-shared-vision.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">interview<\/a>, Boehly stated that &#8220;We talked about having a multi-club model, I would love to continue to build out the footprint.<\/p>\n<p>Portugal&#8217;s top-flight, the Primeira Liga, could offer an interesting opportunity in this regard.<\/p>\n<p>Portugal offers a route into the Champions League, a high level of competition and quality in the domestic league. There is also a solid history of players making the transition to the Premier League after showcasing their talents in the Primeira Liga, with the likes of <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/09\/16\/gareth-southgate-manchester-united-duo\/\" target=\"_self\">Manchester United<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/09\/16\/gareth-southgate-manchester-united-duo\/\" target=\"_self\">&#8216;s<\/a> Bruno Fernandes and <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/09\/11\/jurgen-klopp-experiencing-the-7th-season-syndrome\/\" target=\"_self\">Liverpool&#8217;s<\/a> Darwin Nunez being recent examples. All of these factors combined mean that Chelsea would have themselves a sister club that would provide both excellent experience and a tried and tested pathway into Chelsea for their young stars.<\/p>\n<p>This model doesn&#8217;t have to negatively affect the so-called &#8216;feeder club&#8217; either, With Boehly explaining that The Red Bull group have &#8220;got Leipzig and they&#8217;ve got Salzburg, both of which are in the Champions League.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More: <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/09\/15\/new-chelsea-manager-plot-thickens\/\" target=\"_self\">New Chelsea Manager Plot Thickens Over Young Star&#8217;s Transfer<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Potentially then, this could be a very beneficial deal for both clubs. Chelsea are provided with an excellent way to nurture their young stars, and the unnamed Portuguese club are provided with a constant conveyor belt of talent which would improve the standard of their team.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Todd Boehly wants to launch a Premier League North versus South All-Star match! \u2b50\ufe0f<\/p>\n<p>Via <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Independent?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@Independent<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DVe7p4gnzT\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/DVe7p4gnzT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; SPORTbible (@sportbible) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sportbible\/status\/1569755310235189248?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">September 13, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Telegraph&#8217;s Matt Law has reported that Chelsea &#8220;have held talks over buying a club in Portugal&#8221; and that this &#8220;interest dates back to June when Boehly met with Neil Bath and Jorge Mendes in Portugal&#8221;. If successful, this takeover would see Chelsea owner Todd Boehly add a second football club to his portfolio, creating [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4305,"featured_media":617934,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3,11,30],"tags":[368,9244],"class_list":["post-617873","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-premier-league","category-chelsea","category-news","tag-primeira-liga","tag-todd-boehly"],"modified_by":"Alex Morley, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/617873","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4305"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=617873"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/617873\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/617934"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=617873"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=617873"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=617873"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}