Enzo Maresca stated Chelsea will not be below any monetary stress to raise the Membership World Cup regardless of the £97 million ($130 million) on provide to the winner.
The Blues face a scramble to qualify for the spherical of 16, needing to keep away from defeat in opposition to Esperance de Tunis in Philadelphia on Tuesday to safe second place in Group D.
They’ll obtain within the area of £40m only for taking part within the 32-team event, however the prize cash will increase considerably within the knockout rounds.
Chelsea had been absolutely compliant with the Premier League’s Revenue and Sustainability Guidelines for the 2023-24 season, however their accounts confirmed they offered their Copthorne and Millennium motels at Stamford Bridge for £76.5m to a sister firm — a controversial transfer which ESPN completely revealed final September had been accepted by the Premier League.
They’ve additionally offered their ladies’s group to mum or dad firm BlueCo for a ladies’s soccer document charge of £200m. UEFA continues to be investigating each transactions as they relate to their very own Monetary Honest Play guidelines.
The Blues have continued their lavish spending with greater than £1.2bn dedicated on new gamers because the Todd Boehly/Clearlake Capital possession took cost in Might 2022 and Maresca insisted there had been no conversations across the financial significance of succeeding on the Membership World Cup.
“The homeowners, they only need the very best for us and for the gamers recreation by recreation,” stated Maresca. “They aren’t speaking in regards to the remaining prize or the ultimate reward by way of cash. They usually by no means put stress on me or the gamers by way of ‘we have to win this event due to the cash.’
“They simply need to attempt to win for everybody — for them, for the membership, for the followers, for the gamers, for me, for everybody. It isn’t simply in regards to the cash facet.”
Reece James missed Chelsea’s coaching session on Monday as a consequence of sickness as temperatures surged in direction of 100-degrees-F in Philadelphia.
