Supporters of Chelsea and Strasbourg have organised a coordinated protest in London aimed at ownership group BlueCo as frustration with both clubs deepens.<\/p>\n
NotAProjectCFC, which previously organised a protest ahead of Chelsea\u2019s bout with Brentford in January, announced the new demonstration on social media and said Strasbourg fan groups would join the march towards Stamford Bridge.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs a result of the continued erosion of values at both football clubs, we have decided to come together to take action with one clear, unified message: BlueCo Out.<\/p>\n
\u201cMembers of Ultra Boys 90, Kop Ciel et Blanc, F\u00e9d\u00e9ration des supporters du RCS and Pariser section have kindly agreed to fly over to London and walk in unison with us on a protest march towards Stamford Bridge ahead of the match.<\/p>\n
\u201dSupporters of both clubs are invited to join us on this march. We plan to shine a light on not only the incompetence and mismanagement at Chelsea Football Club, but also the restrictions implemented by multi-club ownership, where clubs like RC Strasbourg are being stripped of their identities, and where longstanding and respected fan groups are being censored and repressed by a brutal ownership.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe believe this could be a seismic moment in the history of football, where fans of clubs from separate countries will come together to do what is right not only for our clubs individually, but for the sport more widely. Together, we can force change.\u201d<\/p>\n
BlueCo, a consortium led by American businessman Todd Boehly and Clearlake Capital, completed its takeover of Chelsea in 2022, before purchasing Strasbourg one year later. Little success has followed for either side, with the 2025\/26 campaign prompting renewed calls for change.<\/p>\n
Four years into the BlueCo era the club has spent nearly $2 billion (\u00a31.5 billion) on transfers. Last summer\u2019s Club World Cup triumph is described in the announcement as an outlier amid poor recent form. Chelsea exited the Champions League in the round of 16 to Paris Saint-Germain, 8\u20132 on aggregate, and lost their last two Premier League matches to Newcastle United and Everton, failing to score across 180 minutes. The west London club sits sixth in the table and is out of the Champions League places.<\/p>\n
The club must also pay a $13.7 million fine and serve a nine-month transfer ban for academy players, plus a suspended one-year ban on senior players, for breaching Premier League spending rules during Roman Abramovich\u2019s ownership.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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