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Chelsea sale: Boston Celtics co-owner Stephen Pagliuca joins bidding

The 67-year-old billionaire co-chairman of Bain Capital is the final bidder to make the shortlist

The Independent UK

Chelsea sale: Ricketts family bid joins shortlist with Sir Martin Broughton and Todd Boehly

Reports suggest a fourth bid from Atalanta owner Stephen Pagliuca has also been shortlisted

The Independent UK

Ricketts family are third bidders to make shortlist to buy Chelsea

The Ricketts family own the Chicago Cubs baseball team.

The Independent UK

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Chelsea: Ricketts family join Sir Martin Broughton and Todd Boehly on takeover shortlist

The Ricketts family have been shortlisted in the race to buy Chelsea after being forced to endure an agonising wait.

Evening Standard

Chelsea ownership saga continues as Tom Ricketts releases statement amid fan backlash

The Ricketts family are running out of time to prove to the Chelsea faithful that they are the right people to grant ownership status of the club to as concerns linger

Daily Mirror

Boehly, Broughton, Ricketts, Pagliuca: The preferred bids explained as Chelsea takeover race heats up

With the race to buy Chelsea being narrowed down to a shortlist by US bank, Raine Group, the next owner of the European champions is becoming clearer.

Evening Standard

Chelsea supporters club issue statement of concern after meeting Ricketts family

As the potential new owners of Chelsea Football Club get whittled down by the Raine Group, the Chelsea Supporters Trust have expressed their opposition to the Ricketts' family's bid

Daily Mirror

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Ricketts family’s bid to buy Chelsea dealt new blow after Supporters’ Trust express public concerns

The Chelsea Supporters’ Trust have delivered a blow to the Ricketts family’s bid to buy the European champions after expressing concerns over their ability to run an “inclusive, successful club.”

Evening Standard

Chelsea Supporters’ Trust reiterates concern over Ricketts family bid for club

Chelsea fans have been involved in a ‘No To Ricketts’ campaign on social media following past comments from Joe Ricketts in 2012

The Independent UK

Who is on the shortlist to buy Chelsea? Takeover latest as potential new owners narrowed down

The Raine Group are believed to have selected their preferred candidates to buy the club

The Independent UK

Chelsea takeover race heats up as Sir Martin Broughton and Todd Boehly shortlisted but rival bidders await fate

Sir Martin Broughton and Todd Boehly have been shortlisted in the race to buy Chelsea.

Evening Standard

Ricketts bid included on shortlist of four to buy Chelsea despite fan backlash

The Ricketts family are on the shortlist to buy Chelsea despite a backlash on social media and the club’s supporters’ trust expressing concerns over the bid

The Guardian - UK

Chelsea sale: Two preferred bids now 'frontrunners' with Ricketts family knocked back

A number of potential buyers have emerged since Roman Abramovich announced he was selling Chelsea after 19 years as owner of the club, but the field appears to be thinning

Daily Mirror

Chelsea bidder Todd Ricketts made racist covid remark and 'concentration camps' reference

Chelsea takeover bidder Todd Ricketts has landed himself in hot water after remarks he allegedly made regarding Covid and concentration camps in America resurfaced

Daily Mirror

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The Guardian - UK

Saudi bid for Chelsea fails as Boehly and Broughton groups remain frontrunners

The process of deciding upon a new owner for Chelsea has taken a step forward after a Saudi Arabian consortium was removed from the running

Daily Mirror

Chelsea sale: Saudi Media Group miss out on shortlist as takeover bidders whittled down

The sage surrounding who will succeed Roman Abramovich as Chelsea owner continues after the Saudi Media Group saw their proposals rejected by those taking charge of proceedings

Daily Mirror

Christian Pulisic makes honest admission over Chelsea sale and Roman Abramovich sanctions

Chelsea are currently operating under a special license due to the sanctions imposed on owner Roman Abramovich by the UK government, limiting the club's revenue streams

Football London

Chelsea sale: Tom Ricketts lives up to takeover promise amid rejection fear from Raine Group

Chelsea News: The head of the Ricketts family is doing all he can to try and calm down all the social media backlash that has been ever-present since their emergence

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Daily Mirror

Chelsea news: Ownership battle takes significant step as Roman Abramovich eyes new club

Roman Abramovich put Chelsea up for sale following Russia's invasion of Ukraine and a favourite could be emerging to buy them as the Russian reportedly eyes another club

Chicago Sun-Times

In bid to buy Chelsea FC, Ricketts kids find it hard to distance themselves from dad’s racist views

It’s Joe Ricketts’ money, which he amassed through his company TD Ameritrade. It’s the money of a guy who thinks Islam is “a cult and not a religion.’’

The Guardian - UK

Football alliances and Euro 2028 chickens counted before they hatch

In today’s Fiver: a Russian act of obscene trolling, Hatem Ben Arfa v a big fridge, and Staffin Football Club

Chicago Sun-Times

Ricketts family denounces racism after backlash over its bid for Chelsea soccer club

Patriarch Joe Ricketts’ past Islamophobic comments have gained a renewed focus during the competitive bidding contest.

Evening Standard

Chelsea takeover: Catalina Kim engages in Q&A involving Nick Candy role, Thomas Tuchel and Tottenham

Catalina Kim, CEO of C&P Sports Ltd, and part of the consortium also involving Nick Candy attempting to buy Chelsea has been engaging with supporters on social media.

Daily Mirror

Chelsea sale poised for significant step forward as favourites to buy club emerge

Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich's sale of the club via the Raine Group has started to make progress as the three main contenders to buy the Premier League club valued at £2.5 billion start to emerge.

Evening Standard

Ricketts family bid for Chelsea backed by prominent Muslim leader in Chicago amid furious fan backlash

The Ricketts family remain determined to buy out Roman Abramovich and today issued a passionate response to the backlash from Chelsea fans.

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