Todd Boehly Adds PR, Advisory Muscle to Chelsea FC Bid Group

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Todd Boehly, the U.S. dealmaker planning a takeover of Chelsea Football Club, has added a former U.K. government adviser and a celebrity PR executive to his consortium bidding for the west London team.

Boehly plans to appoint Danny Finkelstein and Barbara Charone as non-executive board directors at Chelsea if his bid for the club in successful, according to a person familiar with the matter, who asked not to be identified discussing confidential information.