One of the UK’s richest men, Jim Ratcliffe, has made a dramatic eleventh hour bid to buy Premier League club Chelsea in what is a sensational twist in the ongoing saga as several suitors attempt to position themselves to seal a deal to purchase the reigning European and world champions …
Read More »Chelsea bidders ‘invited for final pitch’ as Abramovich era soon to end
The three remaining consortia in the hunt to purchase Premier League giants Chelsea from Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich have been invited to make a final pitch to the club ahead of the announcement of formal preferred candidate. The Raine Group, the New York bank who are handling the sale of …
Read More »Tuchel brushes off impact of Chelsea ownership uncertainty (VIDEO)
Chelsea manager Thomas Tuchel has refused to point the finger at the uncertainty surrounding the club’s future ownership as an excuse for poor results as of late. The reigning Champions League winners were put up for sale on March 2 by current owner Roman Abramovich, who then had his assets …
Read More »UK government sports chief in Ukraine plea over Chelsea
Premier League giants Chelsea’s ticket sales from their FA Cup semifinal against Crystal Palace at Wembley Stadium in April should go to Ukraine, the head of the UK government’s Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee (DCMS) has urged in the aftermath of the club’s Russian owner, Roman Abramovich, being sanctioned. The …
Read More »Numerous bids on the table as race to buy Chelsea heats up
Several official bids have been lodged to buy Premier League giants Chelsea as the Friday 9pm GMT deadline for offers expired after the club was made available on the market by Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich. Among the interested parties are understood to be the Ricketts family, who own Major League Baseball …
Read More »‘Best in the world’: Chelsea keeper Mendy in phenomenal display as Blues beat Brentford to return to top of Premier League (VIDEO)
Visitors Chelsea took the lead on the stroke of half-time through a superb volleyed strike from just inside the box by left-back Ben Chilwell. But approaching the final stages Thomas Tuchel’s men were forced to soak up significant pressure as the newly-promoted hosts pushed for an equalizer. Chelsea were indebted …
Read More »‘This may go too far’: Tuchel says he won’t force Chelsea stars to get Covid vaccine despite positive Kante case
World Cup winner Kante, who was Man of the Match in the Blues’ Champions League final victory against Manchester City last season, will also miss a vital clash against Southampton in the Premier League at the weekend after contracting the disease. In his pre-match press conference ahead of playing Italian …
Read More »‘No good deed goes unpunished?’ Chelsea Manning & Glenn Greenwald launch tweet-salvos at each other in a row nobody saw coming
Former army intelligence analyst Manning launched a seemingly-unprovoked Twitter attack on Greenwald on Thursday, calling him “greedy, unprincipled,” and someone she was “embarrassed” to have called a friend. The investigative journalist, Manning implied, had “chosen to bash, harass, humiliate, intimidate, and lie to get ahead.” She added that if she …
Read More »‘Same old story’: Chelsea icon Drogba hails Romelu Lukaku’s impact as Belgian bags goal in dominant showing against Arsenal
It may have taken a while but a decade after he first joined the club, Belgian star Lukaku finally has his first goal for Chelsea. Of course, much (or most) of those intervening years were spent with the likes of West Brom, Everton, Manchester United and Inter Milan but just …
Read More »‘Sell-out traitor’: ANOTHER Lukaku mural defaced as new Chelsea signing pens heartfelt message to fans at former club Inter Milan
The superstar Belgian striker was drafted into Stamford Bridge for a club record fee of £97.5 million ($135 million) last week as Thomas Tuchel attempts to find a remedy to Chelsea’s goalscoring woes. Italian midfielder Jorginho finished last season as the Blues’ top Premier League goalscorer with seven – each …
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