The drama of who actually won the purchase of the Chelsea club is still not over. Recent information shows that F1 driver Lewis Hamilon and women’s tennis player Serena Williams are also interested in buying the club nicknamed the Blues.
Hamilton and Williams got into the carriage of a consortium of Sir Martin Broughton. Broughton is a former boss at British airline British Airways. Lewis Hamilton has been the leader of F1 seven times. Lewis Hamilton’s second-in-command to the purchase of Chelsea, Serena Williams is a 23-time Grand Slam champion.
Then, information from Sky News showed that Lewis Hamilton and Serena Williams had agreed to invest funds from their respective pockets in the consortium of 13.1 million US dollars. “We can confirm that Lewis Hamilton has joined the bid by Sir Martin Broughton,” a spokesman for Lewis Hamilton said on Thursday (21/4/2022).
Boston Celtics
Meanwhile, information from the PA media on Thursday (21/4/2022), shows that currently, there are three potential buyers of the Premier League member club. The Sir Martin Broughton consortium is one of three potential buyers for Chelsea. On the other hand, co-owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers club Todd Boehly and co-owner of the Boston Celtics Steve Pagliuca are two potential buyers who finally decided to leave the hunt for Chelsea.
The Los Angeles Dodgers are an American professional baseball team. Then, the Boston Celtics is a professional NBA basketball club from the US. In the next section, Sir Martin Broughton stated his attitude about his business move to buy Chelsea. “I’m sure my offer will soon be able to inject big cash into Chelsea,” he said.
Furthermore, the US conglomerate duo Josh Harris and David Blitzer will control the shareholding of Sir Martin Broughton. According to the plan, the duo Josh Harris and David Blitzer will release their minority stake in Crystal Palace. “The plan will be realized prior to the agreement to buy Chelsea shares by the Sir Martin Broughton consortium,” a statement from the two sources said.
However, Crystal Palace chairman Steve Parish has stated that he is in a safe condition regarding the change of investment in the club nicknamed The Eagle. Crystal Palace, a member of the Premier League, is based at Selhurst Park Stadium.
The latest information also mentions that Canadian tycoons, the Rogers Family and Taiwanese conglomerate Tsai Family are also part of the Sir Martin Broughton consortium. The Tsai family are owners of the Taipei Fubon Braves and Fubon Guardians baseball teams. These two clubs play in the Taiwan Baseball League. Sir Martin Broughton’s entourage also included Lord Sebastian Coe, President of World Athletics (WA).
Previously, Chelsea’s long-time owner, Roman Abramovich, was sanctioned by the British government on March 10, 2022, over the Russian military invasion of Ukraine. The British claimed to have found evidence of close ties between Roman Abramovich and Russian President Vladimir Putin.
The rich man of Russian-Israeli descent announced that he would sell Chelsea on March 2, 2022. The British government said that Chelsea was guaranteed to continue operating in connection with the sanctions. “The UK government has strict rules for Chelsea,” said a statement from the UK Prime Minister’s Office, Downing Street.
In the sale process, there was a rule from the British government that Roman Abramovich did not make a profit. That is, Roman Abramovich can only write off Chelsea’s debt. The amount of Chelsea’s debt is 1.95 million US dollars. Next, trading bank from New York, USA, Raine Group, received a task from the British government to select potential buyers of Chelsea.
