This Thursday, Strasbourg confirmed its takeover by BlueCo. The American consortium, notably represented by the owner of Chelsea Todd Boelhy, becomes the majority shareholder of the Alsatian club. A change of era that worries Racing supporters.
It is now official, Strasbourg has changed ownership. The Ligue 1 resident now belongs to BlueCo, an American consortium notably represented by Todd Boehly, already in charge of Chelsea. The Alsatian club should therefore have superior means. But it will take a lot more to reassure Racing supporters. Indeed, some Meinau faithful fear that Strasbourg will become a simple satellite club of the Blues. This is why ultras have already begun to demonstrate with a banner that could not be clearer.
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” Boehly not welcome! (Boely you’re not welcome) “, have already launched the Strasbourg fans. Aware of the hostility that has arisen, Marc Keller, who will retain his duties as president, hastened to give an interview to L’Equipe to reassure the most worried. ” Strasbourg, satellite club of Chelsea? No, we have the same shareholder, but we will be sister clubs with separate managementexplained the leader. There are several types of timeshare, which is a growing phenomenon, with 8 L1 clubs having foreign investors. »
Keller tries to reassure fans
“ We see that Red Bull with Leipzig and Salzburg is doing a good job. Others have chosen to aggregate around ten clubs, this is not BlueCo’s modelcertified Marc Keller, who adds that the RCSA will not borrow players from the Blues. This is not the project. We held meetings with the sports sector to define our objectives. We are going to have superior means to be more ambitious. (…) BlueCo’s desire is to provide new means to reinforce the ambition of a project that works. The supporters will still follow the transfer window with attention.
