Chelsea’s director Sonia Bompastor hopes that the club’s new investment will be a “game change” for women’s football and can continue to dominate in the women’s super leagues.
Alexis Ohanian, co -founder and husband of REDDIT, a tennis star Serena Williams, bought a 10 %stake in Chelsea Women in £ 20 million, which has taken place in the club board.
His investment put the club value in £ 200 million. Chelsea Women were worth it when Chelsea FC Holdings sold teams to the sister company earlier this year.
The 42 -year -old Ohanian invested in women’s soccer as the largest shareholder in American Side Angel City FC until it sold women’s records to 192.3m in 2024. I hope Bompastor will be able to bring Chelsea to a new level.
Alexis Ohanian and his wife and tennis star Serena Williams
“It’s an interesting moment for clubs, women’s teams, women’s English games,” she said.
“I think that’s about value, he showed his respect for the club and the team from the beginning, which means that this respect is really important.
“This investment is an approval that changes the game not only for women’s games but also for young girls. It is important for women’s games, but the UK is really important to invest in a team like Chelsea.”
Chelsea will complete domestic highs if they beat Manchester United in Wembley in the Women’s FA Cup final.
Bompastor wants Chelsea to stay with dominant power in a women’s game, which must be helped only by new investments.
“We want to be a leader,” she said. “We want to be a team that shows how you should do it on all other teams and how to invest in women’s games.
“This example will bring others to invest in the women’s team in this league. I think it’s not only an example to set for ourselves, but also to show what they need to do to other teams.
“It’s really good to be in that position. I hope we stay in that position for a long time.”
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Bompastor also hopes that Chelsea will help you to achieve the women’s Champions League dreams.
“This is definitely a great help. The club has already been successful. We want to be in a position where we can compete with the Champions League. This year we couldn’t do it and we were not successful. I am responsible for him. I will be in a better place next year.”
Bompaster said he did not talk to the players about investments and met Ohania, although it could change in the final of the Sunday.
“Hopefully I will meet all his family and let my children play tennis. The oldest person loves tennis. We will organize something together.”
“The game is what we want to focus on. It’s really important. Perhaps it is an additional motivation to enter the game on Sunday.”
Bompastor said: “It shows that we are in a really good place now, but we still want to be a better team, a better club, we want to be one of the best teams in the world, which means the result in the pitch, but I also want to be a model in the pitch.
“When we see our teams of our team, we want to dream of becoming one of the future players. I think we have the right people around the women’s team in terms of value and investment, which is really good to be part of this project.
“They made the right decision from the perspective of allowing these women’s teams to enter and raise the team to another level.
“This investment is really good because this investment will only go to the women’s team. It will help the women’s team to invest in terms of infrastructure in terms of facilities, staff, and players. It is great and positive.”
