Blues backed to get approval for Earl’s Court stadium

September 19, 2024Ligue 1

Despite massive upheaval both on and off the pitch at Chelsea, the West London outfit are still moving forward.

The Blues have changed beyond all recognition over the past few seasons, however, thanks to the business nous of Todd Boehly and Behdad Eghbali, they have remained reasonably competitive and have continued to buy best-in-class players as and when possible.

Chelsea could move away from Stamford Bridge

Commercially it would appear that there are still vast improvements that can be made at the club, with perhaps the biggest decision of all being whether Chelsea should move away from Stamford Bridge or not.

That’s certainly something that former Everton CEO, Keith Wyness, believes the club would get approval for, and it would almost certainly be a game-changer for the club.

“I don’t see any problem with Chelsea and an infrastructure project like a (new) stadium,” Wyness told Football Insider’s Inside Track podcast.

“There’ll be a queue of people waiting to do that.

Although they appear to be at loggerheads at present, Todd Boehly and Behdad Eghbali could look to move Chelsea into a new stadium in Earl’s Court, opening up huge commercial possibilities (Photo by Clive Rose/Getty Images)

“Certainly, Todd Boehly or Clearlake – who aren’t one big happy family at the moment – would have the access to make a major project like this happen.

“Earl’s Court has been talked about for many years as a location and it makes sense, but with that location, it ain’t gonna be cheap – that’s for sure.

“The upset of traffic and for residents will be huge but upgrading Stamford Bridge is just too difficult to do.”

It isn’t clear which space in Earl’s Court would be targeted as a potential new stadium site, and as Wyness attests, it would cause incredible upheaval for the locals.