Chelsea co-owner branded ‘billionaire villain’ for goal celebration against Brighton | Football

Chelsea co-owner Behdad Eghbali has gone viral on social media for the way he celebrated one of Cole Palmer’s four goals in Saturday’s win over Brighton.

The Iranian-American businessman was seen putting his finger to his lips from the director’s box at Stamford Bridge.

There has been some speculation that Eghbali silenced the Brighton fans in the away section – but that is largely unconfirmed – and that is probably not true.

It is far more likely that Eghbali, the face of Clearlake Capital, was simply replicating the way Palmer himself sometimes celebrates his goals.

Nevertheless, Chelsea fans enjoyed Eghbali’s celebration, with one Blues supporter, @omonifade1, affectionately calling him a ‘billionaire thug’.

@declanFrancis8 added that it was ‘beautiful to see’, while @pharischege78 said Eghbali ‘looked like a mafia boss’.

“I love the owners, I’ve always supported them since day one,” @richy_robson wrote.

“You can’t doubt the determination with the amount they have spent in the market. They are trying to make us the best team, we have to support them.’

Chelsea have started the season strongly under their new head coach Enzo Maresca.

The West Londoners continued that trend on Saturday with their 4-2 win over Brighton on Saturday, a result that leaves them fourth in the table with 13 points.

Chelsea are currently only two points behind leaders Liverpool, although it is still very early in the season with only six games played.

The Blues are back in action on Thursday when they take on Belgian side Ghent in the Conference League.

Their next top-flight match takes place on October 6 when Nottingham Forest host.

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