Chelsea co-owner opens up on plans for multi-club model
Chelsea co-owner Behdad Eghbali has given his thoughts on building a multi-club network to go alongside the Blues. Eghbali and fellow co-owner Todd Boehly have made no secret of their plans to transition to a data-driven, multi-club system and have acquired staff from both Brighton and Red Bull to make their dream a reality, with the latest hiring being former RB Leipzig technical director Christopher Vivell. Speaking at SporticoLive’s Invest in Sports summit, Eghbali was asked about the benefits of a multi-club model and what it would bring to Chelsea. "I think three different reasons for it," Eghbali began. "One, if done well you can make money on each specific enterprise. "Two, if done right, if you use data, if you're thoughtful about this global market for talent and access of talent that is not effectively done through a draft or an extensive college or baseball farm system which I would attribute as a multi-club model . You can capture, acquire, retai...