If Jim Ratcliffe’s proposal is accepted, a club will never have been sold for so much, notes the New York Times. The British billionaire, described as the richest man on his island, would be ready to pay 5 billion for Chelsea FC, put up for sale by another Russian billionaire, Roman Abramovich.
The boss of chemical giant Ineos, already owns OGC Nice in France and a cycling team. the Daily Mirror recalls that, despite his interest in the Blues, Mr Ratcliffe supported Manchester United as a youth. He even, a few weeks ago, dismissed the idea of buying the London club, which the oligarch Abramovich must get rid of following sanctions in the context of the war in Ukraine. The businessman therefore changed his mind.
“It’s a British offer for a British club”, insists a press release published Friday by Ineos. The company could invest two billion euros in the next ten years to build an even more competitive team. Chelsea, currently third in the Premier League, won the Champions League last year.
However, https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/football/18417858/chelsea-takeover-latest-todd-boehly-la-dodgers/”>the Sun suggests that this last-minute offer may not be enough to prevent American Todd Boehly from acquiring the west London club. Already owner of the Dodgers, the Los Angeles baseball franchise, the investor, assisted by Hansjorg Wyss, a very wealthy Swiss, seems to have a head start in the negotiations.