The five billion dollar question today — and that sum is slightly less than Todd Boehly’s successful £4.25billion bid to buy Chelsea — is how will the American make the numbers stack up?
The 46-year-old co-owner of the LA Dodgers baseball team and his consortium will pay £2.5bn for the club and have pledged a further £1.75bn in investment in the coming years, largely in infrastructure, not least a remodelling and expansion of Stamford Bridge.
It is not easy to see how Chelsea will be able to sustain the consistent trophy-winning success of the Roman Abramovich era since 2003 while also providing a return on the investment for Boehly’s group.