Chelsea was warned that their stadium is “ too small ” by Sadiq Khan and that they have to watch their rivals from London with “Envy”.
But the mayor of London invited the first League giants for discussions on the potential opening of a new stadium.
The owners of Chelsea are apparently divided on the opportunity to redevelop Stamford Bridge or to rely on a new site in Earl’s Court, which would require a consultation with the mayor’s office.
The Blues have the 10th greatest capacity in English club football at 40,343, lower than the Sunderland championship.
And despite the bridge that testifies to many historic nights over the years, its capacity is compared to that of its colleagues clubs in London West Ham, Tottenham and Arsenal, dragging about 20,000.
“My message to Chelsea came to tell us about what you want to do,” Khan told Times.
Chelsea was informed that Stamford Bridge is `too small ” for their status by Sadiq Khan
The other owners of Todd Boehly and Chelsea weighed on redevelopment or move
The mayor of London thinks that the blues must “desire” of the rivals of London such as Tottenham
“Chelsea is the victims of their success, and Stamford Bridge is now too small for them. After all, it’s a team that won the Champions League twice.
“ We are working in close collaboration with our seven Premier League clubs, but I am sure that Chelsea looks with a little desire in the stadiums that some of their rivals in London have.
“ We are really impatient to make sure that Chelsea, as we are with all our clubs, continue to prosper and prosper, so we are ready to talk to Chelsea of the plans they have.
“For the moment, they have not approached us. But we are here.
Khan revealed that he wanted London to submit for the 2040 Olympic Games.
What to do with the stadium is a debate that could scratch the property of Chelsea.
In March, Todd Boehly seemed to plead for a new Chelsea property group and suggested that Chelsea should be aligned with the project.
Many have been written about Boehly’s relationship with his colleagues co -owners Clearlake Capital, led by Behdad Eghbali and Jose Feliciano, including a conversation of one part potentially buying the other.
Chelsea would be in talks with the stakeholders to build their new stadium in Earls Court
The distance between sites is just a mile – something that could help reach fans
All plans could be put on hold in the middle of internal conflict suggestions between the owners of co-control Todd Boehly (left) and Clearlake Capital (Director Behdad Eghbali, illustrated on the right)
When they questioned their differences by Bloomberg, Boehly said: “We have to think in the long term of what we are trying to accomplish.
“We have a great opportunity to develop the stadium that we have to expand.
“I think it will be where we are either aligned, or we finally decide to go differently. What has been written and spoken is much more “drama” than what is really happening.
Plans on his plans for Stamford Bridge, Boehly continued: “The development of the stadium is definitely a theme. You will see the NBA go to Europe, they need stadiums, they need arenas.
“You know, sports infrastructure. We are just at the front of the sports wave and the sports infrastructure will be a great thing about it.
“We have 16, 20 years old to understand, you know, of course, inside London, it’s really complex. It is not like we are building something in the middle of a rural environment.
“We have a lot of constituencies to make sure we care. Admittedly, the Chelsea fans base is one. In the long term, we will build something new and we will discover it.
The redevelopment of the stadium where it is currently can cost up to 2 billion pounds sterling and need it to play elsewhere for four years. It has been their house since 1905.
The West London Club has long hoped to modernize and increase the capacity of their current house Stamford Bridge
Tottenham was congratulated for their ultramodern arena, which holds 62,850 fans
Boehly is determined to transform the stadium into a world class place, which would mean not to keep the current stands.
As for the Earls site, Chelsea was reported by the Guardian last year for having spoken with Transport for London (TFL), one of the partners who take care of the site and the property developers Delancey.
However, the Earls Court development committee wishes a mixed use site without a football stadium.
Hammersmith and Fulham Council and the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Council should make a decision this year on the future of the site.
