Chelsea Supporters’ Trust demand investigation into Todd Boehly over ‘clear conflict of interest’
03/26/2025 12:58 PM
Todd Boehly’s alleged involvement in a ticket resale website has led to the Chelsea Supporters’ Trust to demand an investigation into their club chairman.
The 51-year-old has been no stranger in angering the Blues faithful following BlueCo’s £4.25billion takeover in 2022.
While many fans have been left frustrated by the club’s direction and recruitment, the CST have now written to the Premier League’s chief executive Richard Masters, calling for action over Boehly.
The Trust claims the American is a director at Vivid Seats – a company that allows the resale of tickets to fans – including Chelsea’s – for thousands of pounds above market value.
Incredibly, Vivid Seats is listed on the top-flight’s website as being an ‘unauthorised ticket website’, where they encourage fans to ‘exercise extreme caution’ if using it to buy tickets.
In an open letter to Masters, the CST said: “Mr Boehly's connection with Vivid Seats is totally inappropriate and significantly undermines the efforts of Chelsea FC, The Premier League, and The Metropolitan Police to combat ticket touting.
“Mr Boehly has been contacted directly by the CST and has been offered multiple opportunities to both publicly and privately address supporters’ concerns.
“Neither Mr Boehly nor his representatives have, however, acted on these requests, and thousands of tickets remain for sale on the Vivid Seats website.”
A spokesperson also stated that Boehly’s involvement is a ‘clear conflict of interest’ and is a blatant ‘breach of trust’.
The CST added in a statement: “Vivid Seats continues to list Premier League tickets for above face value at significantly inflated rates.
"Not only does this undermine the efforts of Chelsea FC, The Premier League, and The Metropolitan Police to combat ticket touting, but Vivid Seats contravenes the Chelsea FC ticketing policy, and is explicitly named by the Premier League as a known unauthorised ticket website.
"We believe that now is the time for the Premier League to act swiftly and ensure that a major shareowner of a Premier League club ceases facilitating the sale of tickets for significantly above face value."
The Football Supporters' Association supported the CST’s letter, where a spokesperson said: “It is clear the Premier League needs to take action."
“Clubs, supporters' groups, the police and the Premier League itself has worked hard in recent years to combat ticket touting – there is no excuse for a club owner to be involved in such activity.”
Chelsea declined to comment when contacted by talkSPORT.
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