The expected increase in Strasburg The Ligue 1 table could have a considerably negative impact on Chelsea, as the sides are part of the same multi-club property model.
Blueco, the Consortium in front of Todd Boehly and Clearlake Capital, added Strasburg to its sports investment portfolio by 2023. Purchase timeThe French side of Alsace were relegation battles and had only ended in the upper half of the league 1 twice in the 21st century.
However, Strasburg has enjoyed a brilliant campaign, going up to the heights of fifth place thanks to the orientation of his English coach Liam Rosenior and a shared relationship with Chelsea. However, the passage of players moving between the two clubs could be connected if both continue to succeed.
UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin recently reiterated: “Clubs (in the same UEFA competition) cannot transfer players among them or loans, establish commercial cooperation or share research databases.”
The Chelsea currently has the goalkeeper Djordje Petrovic and the young Brazilian Andrey Santos on loan to Strasbourg this season. More relevant, the Blues have agreed to bring an agreement to bring Mamadou Sarr 19 years to Mamadou Sarr to Stamford Bridge in the summer. However, according to UEFA regulations, this transfer “therefore will not be possible if Strasburg and Chelsea participated in the same European competition”, as he said Market football.
Manchester United suffered this destination when they were blocked to buy Jean-Clair Todibo, from Nice, last summer, gave the participation of INEOS in the two clubs that each ranked for the Europa League.
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The first three in League 1 automatically qualify for the Champions League. Fourth place wins the way to the qualifying rounds of the first club competition in Europe, while the fifth is enough to reach the Europa League. Sixth place offers a step to the conference league. With only 11 campaign games, Strasbourg is a Nice point in the fourth and three behind the third place Marseille.
The first five places of the Premier League are in progress to classify in the Champions League for the next term. Chelsea is currently fourth, but is only five points above Bournemouth in the tenth.
If the two clubs are classified in the same UEFA and Blueco competition does not show that there is a clear separation between the two entities, the lateral one that ends lower at the league table will be blocked to participate in this tournament.
This particular punishment should be avoidable (the tastes of Manchester City and Manchester United have managed to calm UEFA’s concerns in recent seasons), but the perspective of blocking transfers could be detrimental to the Blues.
Shortly after the acquisition of the Blueco Chelsea by 2022, he exposed in a forceful manner Why would they want to buy a food club. “I think the challenge that Chelsea has right now, or one of them, is that when you have 18, 19 and 20 years, you can lend them to other clubs, but put their development in the hands of another person,” said the investor in the United States.
“Our goal is to ensure that we can show avenues for our young superstarles to go to the Chelsea pitch while they get real time for play. For me, the way to do it is through another club somewhere in a really competitive league in Europe.”
Unfortunately for Chelsea, Strasburg is proven to be a little too competitive.
