According to the British press, Lewis Hamilton and Serena Williams have teamed up with a wealthy English businessman who hopes to buy the Chelsea club.
For several weeks now, the Chelsea club, owned by Russian Roman Abramovich, has been put up for sale under duress by the English state, in the front line of sanctions targeting Russian nationals following the explosion of the military conflict with the Ukraine. And if today, 3 consortia are still in the running for the takeover of the London club, one of them, led by businessman Martin Broughton, former president of the airline British Airlines, hit hard the last days. Reuters indeed revealed this Thursday that he had managed to convince 2 internationally renowned athletes to join his project, in this case Lewis Hamilton and Serena Williams. According to various information from the English and American press, they would have agreed to pay 13 million to join this big project.
BREAKING | Sir Lewis Hamilton and Serena Williams are committing millions of pounds to one of the bids vying to become the new owners of Chelsea Football Club ⬇ pic.twitter.com/eAF03RQbIF
— Sky Sports News (@SkySportsNews) April 21, 2022
A game of 3
A relatively small contribution, while rumors evoked a sale for more than 2.5 billion euros, but which at least has the merit, for Martin Broughton, of making his project widely known. Some Formula 1 specialists were still surprised by this information, Hamilton having never hidden being a supporter of Arsenal, another London club, since his childhood. Facing him, Broughton, who has the advantage of being of English nationality, will be opposed to 2 heavy contenders, the Americans Todd Boehly, co-owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers, reigning MLB champion, and Steve Pagliuca, who is he co-owner of the Boston Celtics, one of the biggest franchises in the NBA. It remains to be seen what impact the presence of the tennis player and the Formula 1 driver will have on the final choice of the new owner of Chelsea.
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