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Candy this week denied he could team up with Boehly, Wyss and Goldstein, with a spokesperson saying Candy did “not want a lifelong Spurs fan as part of the future ownership of Chelsea”. Candy, a Conservative party donor and property developer, has said he would put a fan on the board and his proposals include plans for an expensive redevelopment of Stamford Bridge. He has enlisted the sports advisory and capital solutions firm Tifosy, co-founded by the former Chelsea player and manager Gianluca Vialli. He has acknowledged the need to team up with other investors and sources have said he has been approached by several and has the funds in place to bid. He is the billionaire heir to the Johnson & Johnson pharmaceutical fortune. Coe is a former Conservative MP and worked closely with Boris Johnson over the 2012 London Olympics, when the prime minister was the mayor of London. The UK government must approve Chelsea’s sale after imposing sanctions on Abramovich, although the process is being overseen by the US bank Raine. The Ricketts family, who announced on Wednesday they would bid on Friday, first made an attempt to buy Chelsea in 2018. The Swiss billionaire Hansjörg Wyss was first to go public regarding Roman Abramovich’s desire to sell and to declare an interest in buying the club.

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New York merchant bank the Raine Group will whittle down a shortlist of preferred bidders following Friday's deadline to make an offer, the PA news agency ...

So let’s see what happens.” “So this brings out the very best in us and we want to be the team that nobody wants to play against. “And we fight now in the last eight teams of the Champions League again. “It’s a big step to do it again and again and again, and that’s why we fight for the top four places in the toughest league maybe in the world right now. The Blues’ Russian owner tried to place Chelsea in the “stewardship and care” of the club’s Chelsea Foundation trustees just as Thomas Tuchel’s side geared up for the Carabao Cup final. “I want us to be the team that nobody wants to play,” said Tuchel.

Christian Pulisic. Image: Alamy Stock Photo. CHRISTIAN PULISIC AND Cesar Azpilicueta helped Chelsea forget their off-field worries by firing the Blues into the ...

And that goal, coupled with the break to reassess, seemed to afford Chelsea the head space required to hit back and seal their progression. Pulisic netted on the stroke of half-time, however, to ensure the Blues would keep their two-goal aggregate advantage at the break. That is 13 matches without a loss in regular time, with the only defeat in that run being the penalty shoot-out loss to Liverpool in the Carabao Cup final.

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The Raine Group are overseeing the transaction and have set a deadline of Friday for all bids. Abramovich has put Chelsea up for sale, although the government would have to approve a deal as a result of the sanctions. Pick up your Daily Mirror every day of the Cheltenham Festival for a FREE £2 shop bet with William Hill which can be used on any of the sporting action! They reached the quarter-finals of the Champions League on Wednesday evening with a 4-1 aggregate win against Lille. Three's branding is still visible on Chelsea's kit, despite the company's request for it to be removed. Parimatch have protested against Russia's invasion of Ukraine from the outset.

Any buyers or consortiums who want to submit a bid for the purchase of Chelsea from Roman Abramovich must do so by Friday evening; The Ricketts ...

You do your business in private, stay under the radar, and just put a big, big bid on the table at the last minute. Lord Coe said Wednesday night that Broughton is the right man to lead Chelsea into the future and also their consortium is backed by the American financier, Michael Klein. He believes Candy is the right man to lead Chelsea into the future. It is time for a change." It is a unique situation for many reasons, but especially that a club like Chelsea does not become available on the open market very often, if ever. He was made a life peer in 2013.