{"id":532465,"date":"2023-10-22T15:59:25","date_gmt":"2023-10-22T14:59:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/?p=532465"},"modified":"2023-10-22T16:11:06","modified_gmt":"2023-10-22T15:11:06","slug":"kieran-maguire-reveals-new-hurdle-in-80m-chelsea-plan-huge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/kieran-maguire-reveals-new-hurdle-in-80m-chelsea-plan-huge\/","title":{"rendered":"Kieran Maguire reveals new hurdle in \u00a380m Chelsea plan &#8211; &#8216;huge&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>It will be a &#8216;huge challenge&#8217; for Todd Boehly to convince Chelsea pitch owners to move the club to a brand new stadium.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That is the view of finance expert Kieran Maguire, who spoke exclusively to <strong>Football Insider <\/strong>about Boehly&#8217;s stadium plans at the London club.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chelsea have finalised an \u00a3 80million deal this week to buy a plot of land adjacent to Stamford Bridge. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12639481\/Chelsea-Stamford-Bridge-plans-80m-land-purchase-receives-approval.html#:~:text=550%20shares-,Chelsea%20cut%20%C2%A380m%20deal%20to%20buy%20the%20homes%20of,plans%20to%20redevelop%20their%20stadium\">Daily Mail<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"703\" src=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/static\/uploads\/1\/2023\/08\/Stamford-Bridge-1200-\u00d7-824px-1024x703.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-523193\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/static\/uploads\/1\/2023\/08\/Stamford-Bridge-1200-\u00d7-824px-1024x703.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/static\/uploads\/1\/2023\/08\/Stamford-Bridge-1200-\u00d7-824px-300x206.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/static\/uploads\/1\/2023\/08\/Stamford-Bridge-1200-\u00d7-824px-768x527.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/static\/uploads\/1\/2023\/08\/Stamford-Bridge-1200-\u00d7-824px-1140x783.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/static\/uploads\/1\/2023\/08\/Stamford-Bridge-1200-\u00d7-824px-750x515.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/static\/uploads\/1\/2023\/08\/Stamford-Bridge-1200-\u00d7-824px.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>As revealed by <strong>Football Insider<\/strong> on Friday (20 September), the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/sources-chelsea-to-launch-off-field-plan-after-80m-deal-confirmed\/\">Chelsea hierarchy are ready to begin their expansion of Stamford Bridge after completing the deal<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Boehly and the Chelsea board have discussed both expanding the existing Stamford Bridge or building an entirely new stadium as the club looks to boost its matchday revenue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, Maguire believes the construction of a new stadium would be a challenge for Boehly as he&#8217;d have to convince the pitch owners that the club should move their home ground.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;<em>If Clearlake Capital and Todd Boehly had not done their homework about property prices in swanky West London, then that would have been very remiss of them<\/em>,&#8221; Maguire told <strong>Football Insider&#8217;s <\/strong>Sean Fisher.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;<em>I think they will have been aware of the expectations.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;<em>This \u00a380million purchase opens new opportunities for the club and gives them flexibility.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;<em>They can either go down the expansion route or decide to move elsewhere.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;<em>What they would then have is a much bigger plot of land which they could then sell to a third party.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/static\/uploads\/1\/2023\/09\/Todd-Boehly-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Chelsea\" class=\"wp-image-528267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/static\/uploads\/1\/2023\/09\/Todd-Boehly-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/static\/uploads\/1\/2023\/09\/Todd-Boehly-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/static\/uploads\/1\/2023\/09\/Todd-Boehly-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/static\/uploads\/1\/2023\/09\/Todd-Boehly-1140x760.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/static\/uploads\/1\/2023\/09\/Todd-Boehly-750x500.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/static\/uploads\/1\/2023\/09\/Todd-Boehly.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;<em>I think the huge challenge for Chelsea would be that if they do their sums and decide that Stamford Bridge isn&#8217;t for them, they then have to persuade Chelsea pitch owners to give the green light to move the club.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;<em>Because Chelsea pitch owners effectively have the name so that would be a separate issue.<\/em>&#8220;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In other news, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/sources-club-ready-thiago-silva-offer-after-chelsea-exit-twist\/\">Club ready Thiago Silva offer after Chelsea exit twist<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It will be a &#8216;huge challenge&#8217; for Todd Boehly to convince Chelsea pitch owners to move the club to a brand new stadium. That is the view of finance expert Kieran Maguire, who spoke exclusively to Football Insider about Boehly&#8217;s stadium plans at the London club. Chelsea have finalised an \u00a3 80million deal this week <em>&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":80,"featured_media":497576,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"apple_news_api_created_at":"","apple_news_api_id":"","apple_news_api_modified_at":"","apple_news_api_revision":"","apple_news_api_share_url":"","apple_news_coverart":"\"\"","apple_news_is_hidden":false,"apple_news_is_paid":false,"apple_news_is_preview":false,"apple_news_is_sponsored":false,"apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_sections":"\"\"","_grv_disable_ads":false,"grv_featured_categories":""},"categories":[144,4,18923],"tags":[17],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/532465"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/80"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=532465"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/532465\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":532481,"href":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/532465\/revisions\/532481"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/497576"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=532465"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=532465"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=532465"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}