A consortium headed up by LA Dodgers boss Todd Boehly is reportedly set to win the race to buy Chelsea from Roman Abramovich.
The process to sell Chelsea following the sanctions put upon owner Roman Abramovich has been fast-tracked through absolute necessity, but still feels to have dragged on for some time.
There was once a long list of prospective buyers, with billionaires from across the globe expressing an interest in adding Chelsea to their already impressive lists of assets.
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We now might be down to just the one – Todd Boehly.
According to a report published by The Sun, LA Dodgers boss Todd Boehly is to be selected as the ‘preferred bidder’ and will enter the final stages of negotiations to buy Chelsea.
Boehly has been regarded as a frontrunner for some time and his lengthy discussions with U.S bank the Raine Group appear to have been fruitful, with Chelsea likely to now become his club.
It is suggested that the eleventh-hour bid from Jim Ratcliffe has not yet been entirely discounted, but he’d do well to jostle himself ahead of Boehly and his consortium at this point.
