{"id":13480,"date":"2025-04-12T10:20:10","date_gmt":"2025-04-12T10:20:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/13480\/"},"modified":"2025-04-12T10:20:10","modified_gmt":"2025-04-12T10:20:10","slug":"chelsea-owners-suffer-loss-of-1billion-in-two-years-with-22-holdcos-astronomical-interest-payments-on-loans-revealed-days-after-uefa-rejected-blues-womens-team-loophole","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/13480\/","title":{"rendered":"Chelsea owners &#8216;suffer loss of \u00a31BILLION in two years&#8217;, with 22 Holdco&#8217;s astronomical interest payments on loans revealed &#8211; days after UEFA rejected Blues&#8217; women&#8217;s team loophole"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"mol-bullets-with-font\">\n<li class=\"class\"><strong>Chelsea&#8217;s ownership group has posted losses of over \u00a31BILLION over two years<\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"class\"><strong>But the club itself reported a profit of \u00a3129.6million over the 2023-24 season<\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"class\"><strong>LISTEN NOW: <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" class=\"class\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/dailymail.lnk.to\/its-all-kicking-offDM\">It&#8217;s All Kicking Off!<\/a> Chris Sutton and Ian Ladyman debate the manager of the season awards&#8230; who is the best and worst?\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"author-section byline-plain\">By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/profile-2941\/robert-summerscales.html\" class=\"author\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ROBERT SUMMERSCALES<\/a> <\/p>\n<p class=\"byline-section\"> Published:  19:35 EDT, 11 April 2025   |  Updated:  01:11 EDT, 12 April 2025   <\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\"><a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/chelsea\/index.html\" id=\"mol-430423b0-172c-11f0-9e08-51debd684830\" class=\"class\" rel=\"noopener\">Chelsea<\/a>&#8216;s ownership group has reportedly posted losses exceeding \u00a31billion over the past two years, casting fresh scrutiny over the club&#8217;s controversial transfer spending spree and wider financial model.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">According to figures revealed by <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" class=\"class\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes.com\/sport\/football\/article\/chelsea-owners-financial-loss-womens-team-hotel-763zdslsz\">The Times<\/a>, 22 Holdco Ltd, the parent company of Chelsea FC, has plunged deep into the red, with losses of \u00a3445.5million last season following a \u00a3653m shortfall the year prior.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The losses are largely attributed to &#8216;investments in the playing squads&#8217;, the accounts say.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Since the Todd Boehly-led consortium took over in 2022, Chelsea have spent over \u00a31billion on players, signing the likes of <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/enzo-fernandez\/index.html\" id=\"mol-4305f870-172c-11f0-9e08-51debd684830\" rel=\"noopener\">Enzo Fernandez<\/a> (\u00a3106.7m), Moises Caicedo (\u00a3115m), <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/mykhailo-mudryk\/index.html\" id=\"mol-43077f10-172c-11f0-9e08-51debd684830\" rel=\"noopener\">Mykhailo Mudryk<\/a> (\u00a388m) and <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/wesley-fofana\/index.html\" id=\"mol-4308dea0-172c-11f0-9e08-51debd684830\" rel=\"noopener\">Wesley Fofana<\/a> (\u00a375m).<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Yet despite the club itself recently reporting a profit of \u00a3129.6million over the 2023-24 season, the group&#8217;s finances tell a much bleaker story.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The disparity between Chelsea FC&#8217;s profits and 22 Holdco&#8217;s losses is explained by transactions that the <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/premierleague\/index.html\" id=\"mol-43092cc0-172c-11f0-9e08-51debd684830\" rel=\"noopener\">Premier League<\/a> recognises for Profit and Sustainability Rules (PSR) compliance, but which cannot be logged as income in the parent company&#8217;s books.<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-f0973f5ae014de77\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/97191929-0-image-a-38_1744413803722.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Chelsea's ownership group has posted staggering losses of over \u00a31billion over two years\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>   <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Chelsea&#8217;s ownership group has posted staggering losses of over \u00a31billion over two years<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-5a8d8121976a38ba\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/97191943-0-image-a-39_1744413806387.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Since Todd Boehly took over in 2022, Chelsea have spent over \u00a31billion in the transfer market\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>   <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Since Todd Boehly took over in 2022, Chelsea have spent over \u00a31billion in the transfer market<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-5ee9ab346044dca0\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/97191931-0-image-a-40_1744413808422.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\" alt=\"A group of Chelsea fans staged a protest against Boehly's\u00a0BlueCo consortium earlier this year\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>   <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">A group of Chelsea fans staged a protest against Boehly&#8217;s\u00a0BlueCo consortium earlier this year<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Among these is the \u00a3200m sale of Chelsea Women to a sister company and the \u00a376.5m sale of two Stamford Bridge hotels, both of which count as profit for PSR purposes but not under standard accounting practice.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The sale of the women&#8217;s team has caused some controversy, and Chelsea were dealt a blow last week when it was revealed that UEFA had rejected their bid to use the apparent loophole in the rules.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">According to football finance expert Kieran Maguire, the ownership structure effectively shields Chelsea FC Holdings from the group&#8217;s expensive debt.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Instead of loans, Chelsea Holdings issued \u00a3315million of shares, thus sidestepping interest obligations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;These loans were not passed through to Chelsea FC Holdings Ltd, which instead issued \u00a3315million of shares, which do not bear interest,&#8217;\u00a0Maguire told The Times.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;Combined with the exclusion of the profit on the sale of the women&#8217;s team in the group accounts and the losses incurred at Strasbourg, this helps explain the huge difference between the profit at Chelsea and the losses at Holdco.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">One of the most damning figures in the 22 Holdco accounts relates to their \u00a31.16billion in borrowings, attracting interest rates of up to 11.96 per cent.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The group paid over \u00a394million in interest alone in the year ending June 2024.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">This level of debt has been amassed while also purchasing French Ligue 1 club Strasbourg, who were acquired for \u00a343.8million and are now valued by the group at \u00a368million.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Based on those figures, Chelsea value their women&#8217;s team, sold internally for \u00a3200m, as being worth the equivalent of three top-flight French clubs.<\/p>\n<p>                    Share or comment on this article:<br \/>\n                        Chelsea owners &#8216;suffer loss of \u00a31BILLION in two years&#8217;, with 22 Holdco&#8217;s astronomical interest payments on loans revealed &#8211; days after UEFA rejected Blues&#8217; women&#8217;s team loophole<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Chelsea&#8217;s ownership group has posted losses of over \u00a31BILLION over two years But the club itself reported 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