Enzo Maresca stated Chelsea are usually not below any monetary stress to raise the Membership World Cup regardless of the £97 million ($130 million) on supply to the winner.
The Blues face a scramble to qualify for the spherical of 16, needing to keep away from defeat towards 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 match, however the prize cash will increase considerably within the knockout rounds.
Chelsea had been totally compliant with the Premier League‘s Revenue and Sustainability Guidelines for the 2023-24 season, however their accounts confirmed they sold their Copthorne and Millennium hotels at Stamford Bridge for £76.5m to a sister firm — a controversial transfer which ESPN solely revealed final September had been authorised by the Premier League.
They have also sold their women’s team to father or mother firm BlueCo for a ladies’s soccer report price of £200m. UEFA remains to be investigating each transactions as they relate to their very own Monetary Truthful Play guidelines.
The Blues have continued their lavish spending with greater than £1.2bn dedicated on new gamers for the reason that Todd Boehly/Clearlake Capital possession took cost in Could 2022 and Maresca insisted there had been no conversations across the financial significance of succeeding on the Membership World Cup.
“The house owners, they only need the perfect for us and for the gamers recreation by recreation,” stated Maresca. “They aren’t speaking in regards to the last prize or the ultimate reward when it comes to cash. They usually by no means put stress on me or the gamers when it comes to ‘we have to win this match due to the cash.’
“They only need to attempt to win for everybody — for them, for the membership, for the followers, for the gamers, for me, for everybody. It’s not simply in regards to the cash aspect.”
Reece James missed Chelsea’s coaching session on Monday because of sickness as temperatures surged in the direction of 100-degrees-F in Philadelphia.