sport news Chelsea owner Todd Boehly 'commits to massive redevelopment of Stamford Bridge' trends now
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Chelsea owner Todd Boehly has confirmed his commitment to a massive redevelopment of Stamford Bridge, despite fears of potentially moving the club elsewhere.
There had been talks of new locations being considered, including a new 60,000 seater stadium in Earl's Court, which would be a substantial upgrade of their current capacity of 42,000.
Stamford Bridge is significantly smaller than the rest of the 'Big Six' in the Premier League and previous owner Roman Abrahimovich had considered a new ground to bring them up to the same level as their main rivals.
Chelsea owner Todd Boehly confirmed his commitment to a Stamford Bridge redevelopment
Stamford Bridge currently has a capacity of 42,000 a lot smaller than the other big six clubs
The American businessman has now promised the stadium freeholder that he will be expanding Stamford Bridge as opposed to leaving.
The shareholder group that owns the London club's stadium freehold, Chelsea Pitch Owners, said: 'The new owners have committed to redevelopment of the stadium.
'So it is anticipated the group's workload will increase as this project begins to take shape.'
