The four candidates to buy the Chelsea They will present their final offers, waiting for the Raine Group, the US bank that manages the operation, to decide next week which is the favorite to take over the club.
The Ricketts family, owners of the Chicago Cubs, the consortium of Todd Boehly, Stephen Pagliuca, owner of the Boston Celtics, and Martin Broughton, former president of the Liverpoolare the four chosen.
All the candidates are expected to formalize their offers around amounts higher than the €3 billion and that these are injected immediately, without indebting the club in the future.
The main favorites were the Ricketts and the Boehly group, but the English press speculates that Pagliuca, who has received the support of other NBA leaders, and Broughton, have increased their offers in recent hours to match their rivals.
Raine Group, the company chosen by Roman Abramovich to manage this sale, you will choose a favorite next week and will present it to the Government, which will have to approve the operation and grant the club a special license so that the sale can go ahead. Under the current sanctions, Chelsea cannot be sold, in addition to the fact that it cannot operate in other terms, such as the sale of merchandising – its official store is still closed – or earn money through the sale of tickets.
If the process follows its logical course, the change of ownership of the club could take place at Begginings of maywith time still ahead to deal with some of the renewals, such as that of Antonio Rüdiger, who, if he did not reach an agreement with the English team, would leave for free as of June 30.
The sale of the club, one of the biggest soap operas in England in the last month and a half, coincides with Chelsea’s elimination from the Champions Leagueat the hands of Real Madrid. Thomas Tuchel’s team will play the FA Cup semi-finals this Sunday against Crystal Palacewith the opportunity to play in the second cup final of the season, after losing the League Cup against Liverpool.
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