The takeover of Chelsea is becoming clearer day by day, but it will not be done by the Ricketts family. Via a statement released on Friday, the family of Tom and Laura Ricketts, owners of the Chicago Cubs American baseball franchise, which had partnered with Ken Griffin, an American multi-billionaire specializing in investment funds, and Dan Gilbert , owner of the Cleveland Cavaliers basketball franchise, has thus announced that it will not submit a final offer, for lack of agreement from all the members of the consortium on its composition.
“The Ricketts-Griffin-Gilbert group have decided, after careful consideration, not to submit a final offer for Chelsea FC. In the process of finalizing the proposal, it became increasingly clear that certain issues could not be addressed given the unusual dynamics around the sales process”, can we read in particular in the press release. From then on, there are only three candidates left to take over the club let go by its Russian owner Roman Abramovich: Todd Boehly, co-owner of the American baseball franchise of the LA Dodgers and basketball Los Angeles Lakers, Sir Martin Broughton, former president of Liverpool and Steve Pagliuca, who has shares in the American basketball franchise Boston Celtics and Italian soccer team Atalanta Bergamo.
