CHELSEA face the prospect of having no home ground for up to FOUR years after Todd Boehly suffered another blow.
The potential plan to rebuild at nearby Earls Court has gone down like a lead balloon.
Todd Boehly aims to continue his limitless spending on either a revamped Bridge or new ground altogether.
The American owners were considering a cutting-edge state-of-the-art stadium in Earls Court to go alongside their brand new team.
However, this is now out the question.
The Athletic reported that Chelsea are not in talks to purchase the former Earls Court Exhibition Centre site for a potential relocation.
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Earls Court Development Company (ECDC) published the updated version of their masterplan for the 40-acre multi-billion pound project in south west London on Wednesday.
In fact, the site will be used to construct 4,000 new homes, an extensive retail and office space, three large performance venues and an urban park.
This follows reports in March that the ECDC publicly rejected suggestions that the Premier League side’s owners could purchase it.
And they’ve now double downed, stating: “We categorically deny that there are any talks taking place with Chelsea FC about a stadium relocation to the Earls Court site.”
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As a result, Chelsea will be forced to renovate Stamford Bridge.
But construction of a new stadium on the same site is expected to take four years to complete, as they plan to jump from the current capacity of 41,000 to 61-000.
As a result, Chelsea would be forced to play elsewhere for at least some of that time.
But there is no credible space within three miles of their current home.
The club have not committed to building on the current stadium, despite finalising a land deal to purchase the 1.2-acre area adjacent to the ground from Stoll Veterans Housing Charity last month.
Any plan to build on site requires permission from the Chelsea Pitch Owners, a group of 13,000 fans who own the freehold.
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
