Abramovich reportedly puts chelsea up for sale

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Roman Abramovich has put Chelsea up for sale by inviting potential buyers to bid for the club this week.

Telegraph Sport exclusively revealed on Monday that Chelsea owner Abramovich will receive bids for the club and Swiss billionaire Hansjorg Wyss has since confirmed he is one of the parties who has been given the opportunity to make an offer.

It is understood that potential buyers have been contacted by an American-based merchant bank, claiming to be in charge of the sale of Chelsea.

Chelsea have not responded to the claims of Wyss or the belief that the club is now for sale.

Interested parties are thought to have been told that Abramovich wants around £4 billion for Chelsea, but sources close to the process believe that he can only expect to receive bids in the region of £2bn.

Abramovich has previously turned down offers worth £2.2bn for Chelsea, while the club’s debt to him is £1.51bn.

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Telegraph Sport knows of at least three parties interested in buying Chelsea, with Wyss claiming he is one of four potential buyers to have been contacted.

It is understood that parties have been encouraged to make their best bids by the end of this week, with Abramovich now under huge pressure to sell Chelsea.

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has resulted in calls for Abramovich to be sanctioned, despite claims he has offered support to peace talks between the two countries. The 55-year-old’s spokesperson has not responded to reports he is selling his properties, including his mansion in Kensington Palace Gardens.

Abramovich has attempted to distance himself from Russian president Vladimir Putin, but, speaking to Swiss newspaper Blick, Wyss said: “Like all other oligarchs, he (Abramovich) is also in a panic. Abramovich is trying to sell all his villas in England. He also wants to get rid of Chelsea quickly. I and three other people received an offer on Tuesday to buy Chelsea from Abramovich.

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“I have to wait four to five days now. Abramovich is currently asking far too much. You know, Chelsea owe him £2bn. 

“As of today, we don't know the exact selling price. I can well imagine starting at Chelsea with partners. But I have to examine the general conditions first. But what I can already say: I'm definitely not doing something like this alone. If I buy Chelsea, then with a consortium consisting of six to seven investors.”

 

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2022/03/02/roman-abramovich-puts-chelsea-sale-swiss-billionaire-hansjorg/

[Numero Veinticinco 8,106]

Please be purchased by fraudsters who leverage the club and drive it back into the obscurity from whence it came. 

[Pete 2,032]

Someone had a word in his ear have they...

[Josef Svejk 5,381]

Hopefully Ken's son Jeremy Bates will buy it. 

[VladimirIlyich 9,630]

4 minutes ago, Josef Svejk said:

Hopefully Ken's son Jeremy Bates will buy it. 

Yep. They will never get past the first round of anything then.

[TheDrowningMan 720]

Chelsea fans concerned because the club still isn’t in a position to sustain itself without his money. Also talk of how unfair this is on Roman, with not a shred of evidence linking him to Putin.

[aws 8,072]

It really goes against the grain but the more money he gets, the better.  

[TheDrowningMan 720]

How much did Ashley get off of the Saudis? I wonder if he might like the sound of the Sports Direct Bridge. Much closer to home.

[Pureblood 7,454]

8 minutes ago, aws said:

It really goes against the grain but the more money he gets, the better.  

Abramorich

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After many days of intense emotional turmoil, sociopathic billionaire weirdo Abramovich puts on a hat and suddenly feels all better:

 

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6 minutes ago, TheDrowningMan said:

How much did Ashley get off of the Saudis? I wonder if he might like the sound of the Sports Direct Bridge. Much closer to home.

£320m wasnt it? Remains to be seen whether he actually does sell if he's looking for £4bn and supposed potential buyers are talking £2bn though.

[gkmacca 1,404]

1 hour ago, dockers_strike said:

Interested parties are thought to have been told that Abramovich wants around £4 billion for Chelsea, but sources close to the process believe that he can only expect to receive bids in the region of £2bn.

That's a brilliant briefing of the press. You can see how this great man amassed so much money in an entirely conventional and legal manner.

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6 minutes ago, dockers_strike said:

£320m wasnt it? Remains to be seen whether he actually does sell if he's looking for £4bn and supposed potential buyers are talking £2bn though.

In that case, I’m sure Ashley can spearhead a consortium. Maybe link up with an American (or two) who’d also like another bite of the soccer cherry? 

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1 minute ago, TheDrowningMan said:

In that case, I’m sure Ashley can spearhead a consortium. Maybe link up with an American (or two) who’d also like another bite of the soccer cherry? 

Gillett. The worst a man can get? 

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it'll got for a tenner again. Husk Club.

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19 minutes ago, gkmacca said:

After many days of intense emotional turmoil, sociopathic billionaire weirdo Abramovich puts on a hat and suddenly feels all better:

 

 

On gardening leave?

 

 

[El Rojo 10,757]

They might go back to that 1980s and early 1990s look where they had a load of second-hand cars on display behind one of the goals. 

[Boss 8,229]

 

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15 minutes ago, El Rojo said:

They might go back to that 1980s and early 1990s look where they had a load of second-hand cars on display behind one of the goals. 

[Baltar 1,049]

Nobody is paying £4BN for fucking Chelsea. Least of all in present times when there will be concerns what Roman will do with the money, and whether he'll use the money to help fund Russia's war in Ukraine. Best to just confiscate Chelsea and nationalise it, then run it into the fucking ground like the Tories have done with every other national asset.

[Jordy Brouwer 746]

I suppose we could have a whip-round. 

 

Dave can't have spent all of the subcription money. 

 

We could do anything. We could change their club song to the Benny Hill theme. 

[Creator Supreme 1,734]

Let's buy them, then liquidate them!

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4 minutes ago, Jordy Brouwer said:

We could do anything. We could change their club song to the Benny Hill theme. 

Nah, there are songs much more synonymous with farce and failure. Z-Cars, for instance.

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Important to say

 

HAAAAAHAHHHAAHAHAHAH

 

They are fucked like Torres was.

We will have broken them just like Barcelona.

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10 minutes ago, Jordy Brouwer said:

I suppose we could have a whip-round. 

 

Dave can't have spent all of the subcription money. 

 

We could do anything. We could change their club song to the Benny Hill theme. 

Would we pass the fit and proper owners test though?