- Losses driven by "player investment"
- Group holds more than £1bn in debt
- Chelsea posts profit thanks to sale hotel and women's team
Getty Images SportChelsea owners in financial crisis! Latest accounts show staggering £1 billion loss over last two years despite Blues posting profits

Virgin Media
✅ Combines superfast home broadband and live Premier League broadcasting into a single household bill.
✅ Allows you to bolt TNT Sports onto an existing TV package on a 31-day rolling basis for around £25 a month.
✅ Broadband-only customers can use the free Stream box to add and drop the Sky Sports HD pack on a 30-day rolling basis.

EE
✅ The "Sport Plus" tier bundles both Sky Sports (via NOW) and TNT Sports into one seamless package to cover all 267 televised matches.
✅ Allows you to upgrade or downgrade your TV tier each month without breaking your 24-month broadband contract.
✅ Includes the Apple TV 4K or EE TV Box Pro for high-end viewing and easy multi-room streaming setups.

HBO Max
✅ Streams all 52 TNT Sports matches, making it the exclusive home for the early 12:30 pm Saturday fixtures.
✅ Provides exclusive coverage of select full midweek matchdays.
✅ Combines live Premier League football with premium HBO shows and Warner Bros movies in a single app ecosystem.

NOW
✅ Streams the entire Sky Sports Premier League catalogue over the internet to smart TVs and mobile devices without a satellite dish or installation wait.
✅ Offers 31-day rolling contracts (for £34.99/month) so you can cancel during the summer off-season.
✅ Offers 24-hour Day Memberships for £14.99 if you only want to watch a single specific derby or match.
Virgin Media
✅ Combines superfast home broadband and live Premier League broadcasting into a single household bill.
✅ Allows you to bolt TNT Sports onto an existing TV package on a 31-day rolling basis for around £25 a month.
✅ Broadband-only customers can use the free Stream box to add and drop the Sky Sports HD pack on a 30-day rolling basis.

EE
✅ The "Sport Plus" tier bundles both Sky Sports (via NOW) and TNT Sports into one seamless package to cover all 267 televised matches.
✅ Allows you to upgrade or downgrade your TV tier each month without breaking your 24-month broadband contract.
✅ Includes the Apple TV 4K or EE TV Box Pro for high-end viewing and easy multi-room streaming setups.
WHAT HAPPENED?
22 Holdco also owns French club RC Strasbourg and Chelsea women's team. Their total losses last season amounted to £445.5m, and £653m the year before. These losses were "driven by investments in the playing squads", per The Times.
Getty Images SportTHE BIGGER PICTURE
Chelsea reported a £129.6m profit over the same period, however, some of the club's financial tactics have come back to bite them. Premier League financial rules allows the club to register the £200m sale of the women's side to a sister company, and the sale of two hotels for £76.5m as profit. However these transactions cannot be registered as income for the parent company in its dealing with the tax office.
DID YOU KNOW?
22 Holdco are also paying significant interest on more than £1.16bn of debt. In 23/24, the company paid more than £94m in interest on their borrowings.
Getty Images SportWHAT NEXT FOR CHELSEA?
Chelsea's fans and playing staff will want to put the noise of this story behind them. The men's team are battling to reach next season's Champions League, and play Ipswich on Sunday afternoon. The women's team takes on Liverpool in the semi-final of the FA Cup on Saturday.
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