Chelsea co-owner Behdad Eghbali has gone viral on social media for how 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 was shushing the Brighton fans in the away section – but that is very much unconfirmed – and likely to be untrue.
It is much more likely that Eghbali, the face of Clearlake Capital, was simply replicating the way Palmer himself sometimes celebrates his goals.
Nonetheless, Chelsea fans have been loving Eghbali’s celebration, with one Blues supporter, @omoonifade1, affectionally labelling him a ‘billionaire rascal’.
@declanFrancis8 added that it was ‘beautiful to see’ while @pharischege78 said that Eghbali looked ‘like a mafia boss’.
‘I love the owners, have always backed them since day one,’ @richy_robson posted.
‘You can’t doubt the determination with the amount they’ve spent in the market. …