🚨 BREAKING: Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich has been officially sanctioned

The Ricketts family has decided against submitting a final bid to buy Chelsea after “certain issues could not be addressed given the unusual dynamics around the sales process.”

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Serena Williams and Sir Lewis Hamilton will invest $26M into Sir Martin Broughton’s bid to buy Chelsea, reports Sky News

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A Todd Boehly-led consortium is the preferred bidder to take over Chelsea, subject to approval from both the Premier League and the United Kingdom government :large_blue_circle:

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British billionaire Sir Jim Ratcliffe has made a late bid to buy Chelsea worth over $5B, reports Matt Dickinson.

Ratcliffe owns Ligue 1 club Nice and has also invested in Formula One team Mercedes :moneybag:

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:rotating_light: Roman Abramovich has released a statement on the sale of Chelsea Football Club.

(Source: @ChelseaFC)

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a lot of fake news regarding Roman Abramovich, I saw he wanted chelsea to repay the loans gave.

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@Uzoma : Agree. People like us would never know their true intentions. These people have good PR machine to manage their stories and change our perceptions.

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:rotating_light: 𝐁𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐆: The Premier League Board has today approved the proposed takeover of Chelsea Football Club by the Todd Boehly / Clearlake Consortium.

(Source: @premierleague)

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Chelsea’s $5.3B takeover by a consortium led by Los Angeles Dodgers, Lakers and Sparks part-owner Todd Boehly has now been approved by the UK government.

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:rotating_light: 𝐎𝐅𝐅𝐈𝐂𝐈𝐀𝐋: The UK Government has issued the licence that permits the sale of Chelsea Football Club.

:studio_microphone: “The steps today will secure the future of this important cultural asset and protects fans and the wider football community”

(Source: UK GOV)

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OFFICIAL: Chelsea’s sale to Todd Boehly consortium has reached an agreement

The official statement:" Chelsea Football Club can confirm that a final and definitive agreement was entered into last night to sell the Club to the Todd Boehly/Clearlake Capital consortium. It is expected that the transaction will be completed on Monday. The Club will update further at that time."

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Chelsea takeover: Todd Boehly’s £4.25bn takeover expected to be completed on Monday after ‘definitive agreement’ reached

The £4.25bn sale of Chelsea to the Todd Boehly-led consortium is expected to be completed on Monday after the club confirmed “a final and definitive agreement” was reached on Friday evening.

After months of negotiations, the deal was approved on Wednesday after the government received legal guarantees that Roman Abramovich - who has had his UK assets frozen - will not benefit from the sale.

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Chelsea CEO Guy Laurence ‘will step down after Todd Boehly’s £4.25bn takeover is complete’

Chelsea CEO Guy Laurence will step down after Todd Boehly’s £4.25billion takeover of the club has been completed.

Laurence is in charge of running day-to-day operations in west London had already decided to leave the club before the ownership change began but stayed on to ensure a smooth transition period.

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Todd Boehly’s purchase of Chelsea has been completed :white_check_mark:

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We’re very encouraged by their vision’: Chelsea Supporters’ Trust member impressed by Todd Boehly

Chelsea Supporters’ Trust member Dan Silver says the group have been left ‘encouraged’ after holding talks with new owner Todd Boehly about the club’s future.

The new-look Blues hierarchy is expected to be made up of Boehly and his business partner Mark Walter, Clearlake co-founder Behdad Eghbali and Swiss businessman Hansjorg Wyss.

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