Chelsea and Strasbourg fans to join forces in protest against BlueCo | OneFootball

Demonstrators aiming to raise awareness of perceived ‘imcompetence and mismanagement’ from clubs’ joint ownership

There has been a steady stream of player loans and transfers between the two sides, with Chelsea regularly taking the Ligue 1 outfit’s top talents and, more recently, nicking their manager, Liam Rosenior - a move which enraged Strasbourg supporters.

Fans have long since harboured animosity towards the BlueCo model, which is yet to emulate the success of the Roman Abramovic era, and they will make their frustrations heard again in a protest ahead of Chelsea’s home match against Manchester United on April 18.

The Chelsea protest group NotAProjectCFC will join up with members of four Strasbourg ultras groups - Ultra Boys 90, Kop Ciel et Blanc, Federation des Supporters du RCS and Pariser - in a march to Stamford Bridge.

While those groups represent some 2,000 fans, it is not clear how well attended the demonstration will be. NotAProjectCFC’s most recent anti-board protest, held before hosting Brentford in January, attracted just a few hundred disgruntled fans.

The most recent NotAProjectCFC protest was attended by just a few hundred supporters

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A statement from NotAProjectCFC said the group was “proud to announce joint protest action in unison with four supporter groups representing more than 2,000 fans of Racing Club de Strasbourg.”

It continued: “As a result of the continued erosion of values at both football clubs, we have decided to come together to take action with one clear, unified message: BlueCo Out.

“Supporters of both clubs are invited to join us on this march.

“We plan to shine a light on not only the incompetence and mismanagement at Chelsea Football Club, but also the restrictions implemented by multi-club ownership, where clubs like RC Strasbourg are being stripped of their identities, and where longstanding and respected fan groups are being censored and repressed by a brutal ownership.

“We believe this could be a seismic moment in the history of football, where fans of clubs from separate countries will come together to do what is right not only for our clubs individually, but for the sport more widely.”