Three candidates were neck and neck for the takeover of Chelsea, but Raine Bank, responsible for the sale of the club, has not yet found the perfect buyer.
And this Friday, a surprise information was unveiled The Times, which announces that Sir Jim Ratcliffe, the English billionaire who notably owns several institutions in sport such as the INEOS cycling team, of a good part of the Mercedes F1 team , or OGC Nice, made an offer deemed “sensational” to buy Chelsea. This is a proposal for up to 4 billion pounds sterling, or 4.8 billion euros. An offer that absolutely no one saw coming, especially since the businessman is a proven fan of Manchester United! What to satisfy Roman Abramovich, who had recently asked for improved offers to sell his club, even if the Russian does not really have a say anymore. In this financial proposal, Sir Jim Ratcliffe plans to put 2 billion euros on the renovation of the Stamford Bridge stadium and the transfer window. A huge amount although not a big deal for one of Britain’s richest men.
Ratcliffe does not expect to make any money from Chelsea
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At 69, Jim Ratcliffe recently obtained an appointment with the director of Chelsea to outline the club and its condition, before presenting this huge offer, which he confirmed to The Times. ” We made an offer this morning. We are the only British application. Our motivation is simply to create a very good club in London. We have no financial motivation because we earn our money in another way “said Ratcliffe, who owns a year-round box at Stamford Bridge, and especially visibly understood that it was almost impossible to earn money as a football club owner. Ratcliffe, a Monegasque resident and engineer by profession, made his fortune in the chemical industry, and his company INEOS, in which he owns 66% of the shares, has an annual turnover of 80 billion euros. His personal fortune is estimated at 20 billion euros, and it does not fade despite numerous investments in sport in particular, such as sailing or running.
