Chelsea's owners accused of ‘dereliction of duty’ with 'big red lights flashing' - club adviser

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VISIT THE CHELSEA FINANCE HUB MORE FOOTBALL INSIDER STORIES ‘Chelsea have become a private equity experiment under BlueCo’Everton’s former chief Keith Wyness – who served as CEO at Goodison Park between 2004 and 2009 and now runs a football consultancy advising elite clubs – believes the club are already taking steps behind-the-scenes to increase turnover.Speaking on the new edition of Football Insider‘s Inside Track podcast, Wyness states that the ownership would have to take a “very big dip in price” if they were to sell the club.Total Turnover£490.9mMatchday Income£86.8mCommercial Revenue£201mPre-Tax Loss£262mChelsea’s 2024-25 financial accounts.He told Football Insider‘s Inside Track podcast: “They’ve sold the women’s team stadium, so the women can now play all their games at Stamford Bridge, but the women’s team are going to have to pay rent. That’s something that they seem to have ignored because they thought they could wait to get the right price.

“Now they wish, I’m sure, that they’d accepted some deals and got it done. Chelsea fans should be very concerned right now.

I know they are concerned. “They know that this is not the right solution right now and that Chelsea has become a private equity experiment rather than a football experiment.