
Lubhalwe nguDylan Bettencourt
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Ngesikhathi usomabhizinisi waseMelika uTodd Boehly ethatha izintambo eqenjini le-Chelsea ngoNhlaba nyakenye, kwase kukhona ukungabaza mayelana nokuthi angakwazi yini ukungena ezicathulweni zikaRoman Abramovich.
Uzamile ukuthulisa umsindo ngokuzibophezela eqenjini nokuyikhona okumsize wathandwa abalandeli be-Chelsea.
Kodwa njengoba lo somabhizinisi oneminyaka engu-49 ubudala ejikijela izigidi ngezigidi kubadlali abasha, ngokushesha bese kucacile ukuthi indlela yakhe yokwakha iqembu ibingasebenzi.
Ngesikhathi efika eqenjini, uThomas Tuchel wayephethe. Ubesanda kuholela i-Chelsea endaweni yesithathu kuligi futhi ubevele enesicoco se-Champions League ngaphansi kwebhande lakhe.
UBoehly utshale imali eningi eqenjini likaTuchel, kodwa ukubusa komphathi akuzange kuhlale isikhathi eside njengoba kubikwa ukuthi laba bobabili abazwani.
UBoehly, ohlezi efuna ukwazi konke okwenzeka eqenjini kodwa ongenalo ulwazi ngokwenzeka ngaphakathi, ubelandela umphathi ozohlala exhumana nebhodi futhi alalele uma kuziwa ezindabeni zasenkundleni.
Kwacaca ukuthi lo somabhizinisi waseMelika ulande unodoli. Wathola uGraham Potter owesilisa olungile, othembisayo futhi owenze umsebenzi oncomekayo kwi-Brighton kodwa noma kunjalo engunodoli.
Lokho bekungekona obekudingwa i-Chelsea ukuze iphumelele, ikakhulukazi ngemuva kokusebenzisa imali engaphezu kuka- $ 600 million ekusayiniseni abadlali abasha abangu-15.
UBoehly unamathele kuPotter isikhathi eside kanti lokhu angeke ukubona kwenziwa abanye abanikazi bamaqembu, kodwa ekugcineni unqotshwe ingcindezi waxosha umphathi wase-Britain ngeSonto ebusuku.
Ebhekene nenye inhlekelele, uBoehly wayezokhokhela uPotter imali yokukhokha irekhodi lomhlaba kodwa uPotter wavuma ukuxoxisana ngemali okumele ayithole ngokuphuma kwakhe.
Ukudoje kanjaloke ukukhokha imali eningi umnikazi we-Chelsea.
Kodwa usebenzise imali engaphezu kuka-50 million pound kule sizini kubaphathi kuphela wasebenzisa u-€11m isinxephezelo sikaTuchel ngemuva kokuxoshwa kwakhe, u-€25m ukuqasha uMbumbi kwi-Brighton; kanye no-€15m wokukhokhela uPotter ngemuva kokuxoshwa kwakhe.
Mhlawumbe uma esebuyela ezingqondweni, uBoehly kufanele ahlehle ohlelweni lokuqasha umphathi omusha we-Chelsea.
Ungusomabhizinisi aphinde abe umlandeli webhola, kodwa kufanele aqhelelane nezindaba zebhola.
Abanikazi be-Chelsea, uTodd Boehly noBehdad Eghbali bafuna ukujula kakhulu uma sebefuna omunye umuntu.
Uhlelo lokukhetha linikezwe abaqondisi bezemidlalo, uLaurence Stewart noPaul Winstanley, kubika i-The Guardian.
Ukuxhaphaza imali, ukuqasha umphathi wesithathu ezinyangeni eziyisikhombisa futhi owehlulwe emdlalweni engu-11 kwengu-31 edlule, i-Chelsea isiphenduke inhlekisa.
Isithombe esingenhla: UTodd Boehly noBehdad Eghbali
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