Serena Williams is ready to attend the Girls’s FA Cup last after her husband and Reddit co-founder Alexia Ohanian purchased a reported 10% stake in Chelsea girls.
Ohanian, who has invested in girls’s groups like Angel Metropolis up to now, has purchased a stake regarded as value £20m, which means the membership worth is at £200m.
It has been reported he might be at Wembley along with his spouse and tennis star Serena this Sunday as Chelsea tackle Manchester United of their hunt for the treble.
Serena Williams and Alexis Ohanian: How did the funding come about?
Serena Williams and Alexis Ohanian might be at Wembley (Picture credit score: Getty Photos)
Ohanian introduced his funding on Wednesday holding a Chelsea shirt with each his daughters names on the again.
He additionally appeared to endorse the funding determine as he quoted a chunk from The Instances in his announcement that referenced the ten% stake.
Chelsea are on monitor for the treble this season (Picture credit score: Getty Photos)
He mentioned: “I’ve guess large on girls’s sports activities earlier than—and I’m doing it once more. I am proud to announce that I am becoming a member of @ChelseaFCW as an investor and board member.
“I am honoured for the possibility to assist this iconic membership turn out to be America’s favorite @BarclaysWSL group and far, rather more.
“These gamers are rewriting the sport. Undefeated season. Eyes on the treble. However this isn’t nearly profitable titles. It’s about lastly matching their expertise with the sources, visibility, and respect they deserve. I’ve been proper about this earlier than, and I could not be extra excited.
“And we received the whole household READY. Thanks to @AkiMandhar, our membership President, and her group for the care package deal — her integrity and deal with a normal of excellence have been an enormous consider why this was such a “Hell Sure”-type funding.”
Chelsea gained their sixth consecutive WSL title (Picture credit score: Getty Photos)
Prior to now, he has invested in Nationwide Girls’s Soccer League membership Angel Metropolis, in addition to investing a few of his daughters’ belief funds within the group.
That made his daughters the youngest homeowners in skilled sport. He’s additionally the proprietor of LA golf membership.
Chelsea had an invincible Girls’s Tremendous League season this marketing campaign and have already gained the League Cup.
They have been knocked out of the Girls’s Champions League by holders Barcelona within the semi-finals, so the quadruple is not attainable.
However a home treble is on the playing cards, and in the event that they declare it, they’d achieve this for simply the second time of their historical past. The one time Chelsea has gained the treble was within the 2020/21 season.
