A little over two years since they put together the takeover that ended the Roman Abramovich era, neither Clearlake Capital nor Todd Boehly is pretending there is a way to salvage their relationship.
There is talk of cultural differences, of conflicting views over how to run a football club, and a rapprochement is unlikely given that Clearlake, the US private equity firm that owns a majority shareholding, and Boehly are looking for ways to buy each other out.
Clearlake is also dismissive about the American billionaire's backing and thinks he is trying to save face before selling. Boehly rejects that characterisation.
The message from those around Boehly, the initial face of the takeover, is that his great mistake was making space for Eghbali to assume control of the day-to-day at Chelsea over the past 18 months.
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