Todd Boehly and Mark Walter reportedly looking to sell Chelsea stake to Clearlake

[p]American billionaires Boehly and Walter were two of the investors who partnered with Clearlake to buy [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/chelsea/4fGZN2oK/"]Chelsea[/a] from Roman Abramovich for £2.5 billion ($3.3 billion) in May 2022.[/p][p]Private equity company Clearlake currently owns 62 percent of Chelsea, with Boehly and Walter holding the remaining shares with fellow investor Hansjorg Wyss.[/p][p]Boehly, Walter and Wyss control 38 percent through Blueco Holdings.[/p][embed guid="1775b9f6-6059-4795-a273-c4d4175b3c5d" url="https://x.com/TheAthleticFC/status/2089465880182759561" social-type="twitter" /][p]Boehly has reportedly been dissatisfied with the direction of Chelsea, notably regarding recruitment, managers and a potential new stadium plan.[/p][p]There have been reports that Boehly and Clearlake had attempted to buy each other out of Chelsea several times over the last two years.[/p][p]Boehly and Walter reportedly believe Chelsea are worth £5 billion if they do sell their stake.[/p][p]The pair are friends and business partners, having also invested together in baseball's [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/lille/pfDZL71o/"]Los Angeles Dodgers[/a] and women's basketball franchise LA Sparks.[/p][p]Chelsea finished a dismal 10th in the Premier League last season and hired Xabi Alonso as their new manager, with [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/chelsea-4fGZN2oK/fulham-69ZiU2Om/?mid=C2Nfvg77"]the 2026/27 season starting for the Blues[/a] with a trip to [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/fulham/69ZiU2Om/"]Fulham[/a] on August 24th.[/p]