I’m ex-Chelsea Champions League winner with £60m career earnings… now I’m co-owner and director at a non-league side
pThe two-time a href=https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/football/premierleague/Premier League/a champion featured over 500 times for Chelsea, but saw a href=https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/22952223/cesar-azpilicueta-goodbye-chelsea-fans-video-captain-atletico-madrid/his time in West London come to an end/a this summer. /p
figure id=attachment_23639969 class=wp-caption alignnone style=width: 10pximg decoding=async loading=lazy width=5472 height=3648 src=https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/cesar-azpilicueta-chelsea-lifts-champions-698257233.jpg?strip=allamp;w=960 alt= class=alignnone wp-image-23639969 /figcaption class=wp-caption-text/figcaptionfigcreditGetty/figcredit/figureCesar Azpilicueta won the Champions League with the club back in 2021[/caption]
figure id=attachment_23640099 class=wp-caption alignnone style=width: 970pximg decoding=async loading=lazy src=https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/b6ed4eed-454d-4764-83ef-c9676d6d090c.jpg?strip=allamp;w=960 alt= class=alignnone size-thesun-article-image wp-image-23640099 width=960 height=627 /figcaption class=wp-caption-textHe now plays for Atletico Madrid after 11 years with Chelsea/figcaptionfigcreditRex/figcredit/figure
pThe Spaniard signed for LaLiga outfit a href=https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/football/team/1362333/atletico-madrid/Atletico Madrid/a last month and has already become an important part of Diego Simeone’s starting XI./p
pIt’s not just a href=https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/football/team/1196660/chelsea/Chelsea/a and Atletico where Azpilicueta has a vested interest, but also English non-league club a href=https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/football/7469717/hashtag-united-spurs-fa-cup/Hashtag United/a. /p
pThe 33-year-old is an investor in the Isthmian League Premier Division side and was appointed as a board member for the Essex outfit in April. /p
pThe unconventional club was founded in 2016 by YouTuber Spencer Owen and has built a huge online following in the past seven years. /p
pPlaying in the seventh division of English football, it is a far cry from anything a href=https://www.thesun.co.uk/who/cesar-azpilicueta/Azpilicueta/a has done in his career. /p
pThe experienced defender has almost won it all with Chelsea including the Premier League, a href=https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/football/champions-league/Champions League/a, Europa League, FA Cup, League Cup, UEFA Supercup and the FIFA Club World Cup./p
pBut Hashtag United have big ambitions to get to the same places with owner Owen hoping that Azpilicueta can help them get there./p
pSpeaking to a aria-label= (opens in a new tab) href=https://www.insider.com/hashtag-united-semi-pro-youtube-football-team-with-500000-fans-2020-11 target=_blank rel=noreferrer noopenerInsider/a, he said: “As one of our directors, [Cesar Azpilicueta] owns part of the club, so we want to try and make sure that we are exploiting that opportunity as best as we can in regards to bringing people in that want to help further our journey,/p
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p#8220;We#8217;ve got tremendous support, a tremendous club following, but if we want to kick on and do what this club really could achieve, with this fanbase, there is only one league that#8217;s got that fanbase, it#8217;s called the Premier League./p
p“How do we get there? Right now, the way it#8217;s set up, we need hundreds of millions of pounds. We don#8217;t have that. If anyone listening has, give us a call.#8221;/p
pAzpilicueta may not have all the funds that Hashtag United require just yet, but he can certainly help them with what he does have. /p
pAccording to a href=https://www.capology.com/player/cesar-azpilicueta-32748/ target=_blank aria-label= (opens in a new tab) rel=noreferrer noopenerCapology/a, the former Chelsea captain has earned a whopping £60million during his career so far./p
figure id=attachment_23640333 class=wp-caption alignnone style=width: 230pximg decoding=async loading=lazy src=https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/west-ham-united-v-manchester-839868066.jpg?strip=allamp;w=220 alt= class=alignnone size-thesun-article-image wp-image-23640333 width=220 height=300 /figcaption class=wp-caption-text/figcaptionfigcreditRichard Pelham / The Sun/figcredit/figureAzpilicueta is a minority owner of Spencer Owen#8217;s Hashtag United[/caption]