After Roman Abramovich announced that he will sell Chelsea, the top candidates start to appear
Even Roman Abramovich will sell Chelsea. After much speculation in the English press about the Russian businessman’s desire to leave the club, Abramovich himself confirmed the plans on Wednesday (2), in a statement posted on the official website of blues.
From now on, various speculations about potential buyers began to appear in the press around the world. So far, three names appear as the strongest in the potential dispute.
The first is the former champion of UFC Conor McGregor. The Irish fighter posted on his Twitter profile a screenshot of a conversation with a friend talking about buying the London club..
He was named the richest man in the UK in a poll conducted by the magazine ForbesAnd the Sir Jim Ratcliffe has been identified through the diaries Mirror as a possibility.
Despite being a fan Manchester Unitedowner Nicefrom France, I already tried to buy Newcastle And the Leeds United On other occasions, in addition to his interest in Chelsea before.
The newspaper reported that Swiss businessman Hansgeorg Weiss sportswill be interested in another. But he will not enter the company unless he finds about six or seven partners, he said.
Chelsea Its value is currently estimated at 3.5 billion pounds (about 23.9 billion Brazilian reais). The club owes the Russian 2 billion pounds (about 13.6 billion Brazilian reais) that will be forgiven, according to Abramovich himself.
