The biggest in England, one of the most traditional and successful football clubs
European football club Chelsea Football Club (1905), owned by Russian billionaire Roman
Abramovich is for sale due to sanctions imposed on the Russian government
after the invasion of Ukraine under the command of Vladimir Putin, another sad
reality and also a consequence brought by the war.
Chelsea is for sale under management of the American Commercial Bank
Raine Group, of course, has already attracted many buyers, among them the illustrious Lewis
Hamilton and Serena Williams, who recently teamed up in a bid to
buy the club. The group (popularly, we can call it a “little cow”) that
both integrate for purchase proposal is led by the current president of
Liverpool, Martin Broughton.
Hamilton is the seven-time Formula 1 champion and Serena is a tennis player, collecting
23 Grand Slam titles. Each of them was willing to pay 10
million euros (about R$ 60 million in current conversion) to be the
new owners of the English team, according to “The Mirror”.
Both Serena and Lewis entered as potential investors in the offering.
by Martin Broughton, former chairman of British Airways. The champion
Olympian Sebastian Coe is also one of the investors and current President of
international athletics federation (World Athletics).
The group’s proposal is among the three finalists, but has not yet been
clarified when the sale will take place. Serena Williams has already
is an investor in Los Angeles’ Angel City FC women’s football club.
There is currently on the internet, available to anyone interested, a ranking
of the most valuable teams in the world. The first position belongs to Manchester City, in the
value of 959.30 mi. €. Occupying the second place, Paris Saint-Germain, worth
903.45 mi. €. In third position, Liverpool in the trifle of 900.50 mi. €.
In theory, Chelsea occupies the fourth position in the ranking, with a
approximately 852.00 mi. €. However, as mentioned above, there is a
devaluation of the club due to Russia’s war with Ukraine, making the
proposal to buy the club practically irresistible, since it was
reduced by more than 90% of the original selling price. The goods of the Russian Roman
Abramovich were blocked by the UK in March because of a
supposed connection he had with the Russian president.