After several weeks without a defined course and with a list of buyers, Chelsea is aiming for a sale by the end of April after the sanctions imposed by the British government on its owner, the Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich.
April 18 is the deadline for Boris Johnson’s government to receive the chosen candidate from the four remaining in the race to take over Chelsea.
According to the Sky Sports portal, that same week Downing Street will issue a special license so that the transaction can be carried out and the club changes hands for the first time since Abramovich took over in 2003.
Once the license is issued by the government, the Premier League will have to approve the purchase, a process that league chief executive Richard Masters says could take around 10 days. However, the manager assured that, if it was necessary to do it more quickly, it could be achieved in less time.
Raine Group, the American bank that is managing the sale of Chelsea, selected the four best offers that have arrived, according to the spndeportes portal. espn.com.
These are the Ricketts family, owners of the Chicago Cubs, the consortium led by Todd Boehly, co-owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers, billionaire Stephen Pagliuca, owner of the Boston Celtics and the Italian Atalanta, and, finally, Martin Broughton, Former Chairman of British Airways and Liverpool.
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