Chelsea owners 'in talks' to buy another European club

Chelsea American owners are in talks to buy a 100 per cent stake in French Ligue 1 club Strasbourg, according to Goal.

Todd Boehly and his partners have already held meetings with Strasbourg's president Marc Keller over the takeover.

The Americans intend to buy the French club and possibly a German club as part of a multi-club model they want to implement. Thus, Chelsea could send players on loan to Strasbourg and vice versa.

Manchester City owners - City Football Group - have successfully implemented a multi-club model by owning clubs such as New York City, Melbourne City, Montevideo City Torque, Troyes, Lommel, Mumbai City, and Girona.

UEFA are not entirely pleased with the multi-club models being pushed by new club owners. The worry is that some of these clubs owned by the same group could face each other in European competitions.