Chelsea Supporters' Trust Slams Club Chief Todd Boehly for Copropietar a website that reveals tickets to “significantly inflated prices”

Chelsea fans have accused Todd Boehly of a 'breach of confidence' after the multimillionaire co -owner of a website involved in the reselling tickets for the Premier League games, including his own team, emerged.

Chelsea Supporters' Trust issued a strongly written statement in the reaction on Thursday in which they write, its members have lost faith in their club addressing the 'continuous exploitation' of ticket promotions, while asking Boehly to stop selling to tourists.

Vivid Seats is an online market based in the United States that Boehly is both an investor and director. NameCheck on the 'unauthorized tickets' websites' list of the Premier League, allows users based on abroad to whip the tickets for even tens of thousands of pounds.

Chelsea himself has previously condemned ticket promotions on his own website, and the CST said in his statement: 'vivid seats currently lists hundreds of general admission tickets of Chelsea FC at significantly inflated prices. As the Chelsea FC website does not sell these tickets, the club considers them “illegal sales.”

“Within the recent CST ticket promotion survey, many CST members suggested that Mr. Boehly's connection with vivid seats is a” breach of trust “and could be a conflict of interest.

'These recent reports are very disappointing, and is within the best interest of Mr. Boehly to investigate these problems and address the supporters of the supporters: we do not believe it is appropriate for any chelsea tickets or broader Premier League tickets that are listed in The Vivid Seats Seats website. . '

Todd Boehly has been criticized by Chelsea fans for co -owned a website involved in the resale of tickets

The confidence of Chelsea's supporters has accused Boehly of a 'breach of trust'

The CST conducted a survey in which 68 percent of followers feel that their club is not doing enough to avoid the promotion of tickets, which occurs at the expense of loyal fans.

His statement added: 'The alarming findings of this survey have indicated that supporters have no faith or confidence in Chelsea FC to combat ticket promotions and that the club has not been able to protect its faithful supporters from the continuous exploitation of the promotion of tickets.

'It is vital that the club provides immediate guarantees to supporters and must demonstrate that they are taking effective measures to combat tickets through greater communication, policies and sanctions of more strict resale, and an additional application against the illegal sale of tickets.

'Despite the warnings of the CST, the data trend indicates that supporters have become increasingly dissatisfied with anti-Touting measures in Chelsea FC in the last two or three years. Now is the time to take adequate and significant steps to address this. It is not simply tickets, it is about respecting and protecting the soul of Chelsea FC, his followers.

Mail Sport approached the representatives of Boehly and Chelsea.

Meanwhile, in other tickets, Chelsea has established what is believed to be the most expensive ticket in the Premier League by slapping a price of £ 12,500 in a padded seat behind the shelter house for its game against Liverpool or Manchester United later this season.

That is in the hospitality section known as the 'Dugout Club'. Followers with deep enough pockets can buy one of the £ 12,500 tickets of the official Chelsea website. In the package a signed shirt is included, a greeting with the equipment when they arrive, and the signature cocktails.