Chelsea minority owners explore selling stakes to Clearlake Capital

Chelsea co-owners Todd Boehly and Mark Walter are in talks to sell their shares in the club to Clearlake Capital. Clearlake already owns 61.5% of Chelsea and would gain full control if the deal goes through. Boehly and Walter each hold 12.8% of the club. They believe Chelsea is worth £5 billion, so each sale could bring them around £640 million. Boehly was already due to leave his role as chairman at the end of this season. The two sides have had a difficult relationship since 2024, when a serious disagreement broke out between the ownership groups. Clearlake's co-founders, Behdad Eghbali and Jose Feliciano, led the original purchase of Chelsea from Roman Abramovich in 2022 for £2.3 billion.