{"id":319995,"date":"2011-03-18T13:34:00","date_gmt":"2011-03-18T13:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/18\/ron-gourlay-denies-suggestions-chelsea-are-looking-to-move-away-from-stamford-bridge\/"},"modified":"2011-03-18T13:34:00","modified_gmt":"2011-03-18T13:34:00","slug":"ron-gourlay-denies-suggestions-chelsea-are-looking-to-move-away-from-stamford-bridge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/18\/ron-gourlay-denies-suggestions-chelsea-are-looking-to-move-away-from-stamford-bridge\/","title":{"rendered":"Ron Gourlay denies suggestions Chelsea are looking to move away from Stamford Bridge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h3>By Andrew Kennedy<\/h3>\n<h4>18 Mar 2011 13:34:00<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"66.25\">\n<div readability=\"13.5111111111\">\n<div>\n                <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Stamford Bridge of Chelsea\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/1734694860279_news.jpg.jpg\" \/><\/p><\/div>\n<p>Stamford Bridge of Chelsea<\/p>\n<h4>Related Links<\/h4>\n<h4>Teams<\/h4>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>        <span readability=\"28.8406593407\"><\/p>\n<p>        <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/96\/chelsea\">Chelsea<\/a> chief executive Ron Gourlay has moved to quash reports that the west London club will have to move from their Stamford Bridge home in order to break even.<\/p>\n<p>Reports had suggested that in order to balance the books, the Blues would have to move to a bigger stadium in the Earls Court area, which would in turn allow them to compete with Manchester United and Arsenal.<\/p>\n<p>Yet despite announcing a loss of \u00a370.9 million this year and spending \u00a375m on the combined transfer fees of David Luiz and Fernando Torres, Gourlay has insisted a move away from the Bridge is not a necessity to the clubs financial welfare.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to reporters, Gourlay said: &#8220;We are always looking at our options but I can tell you that there is no move imminent.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Of course, it would help if we had another 15,000 or 20,000 seats but we don&#8217;t need to leave Stamford Bridge to break even.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are in pretty good shape financially, even with the January purchases of Torres and Luiz.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The board remain confident we are heading in the right direction.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Blues were drawn against fierce Premier League rivals Manchester United in Friday&#8217;s Champions League quarter-final draw.<\/p>\n<p>        <\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/1734694860279_news.jpg-150x150.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Here is the original post:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2896\/premier-league\/2011\/03\/18\/2400335\/ron-gourlay-denies-suggestions-chelsea-are-looking-to-move\" title=\"Ron Gourlay denies suggestions Chelsea are looking to move away from Stamford Bridge\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ron Gourlay denies suggestions Chelsea are looking to move away from Stamford Bridge<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By Andrew Kennedy 18 Mar 2011 13:34:00 Stamford Bridge of Chelsea Related Links Teams Chelsea chief executive Ron Gourlay has moved to quash reports that the west London club will have to move from their Stamford Bridge home in order to break even. Reports had suggested that in order to balance the books, the Blues would have to move to a bigger stadium in the Earls Court area, which would in turn allow them to compete with Manchester United and Arsenal. Yet despite announcing a loss of \u00a370.9 million this year and spending \u00a375m on the combined transfer fees of David Luiz and Fernando Torres, Gourlay has insisted a move away from the Bridge is not a necessity to the clubs financial welfare<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-319995","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Ron Gourlay denies suggestions Chelsea are looking to move away from Stamford Bridge - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/18\/ron-gourlay-denies-suggestions-chelsea-are-looking-to-move-away-from-stamford-bridge\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Ron Gourlay denies suggestions Chelsea are looking to move away from Stamford Bridge - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"By Andrew Kennedy 18 Mar 2011 13:34:00 Stamford Bridge of Chelsea Related Links Teams Chelsea chief executive Ron Gourlay has moved to quash reports that the west London club will have to move from their Stamford Bridge home in order to break even. 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