Following is a list of confirmed bidders for English football club Chelsea after Russian team owner Roman Abramovich was sanctioned by the UK government after Russia's invasion of Ukraine:
HANA FINANCIAL INVESTMENT COMPANY LIMITED, NICK CANDY, AND C&P SPORTS LIMITED
Hana Financial Investment Company Limited and C&P Sports Limited, both based in South Korea, have teamed up with Nick Candy, a British property entrepreneur, to launch an offer for Chelsea.
Candy, a lifelong Chelsea supporter, has enlisted the help of Gianluca Vialli, a former Blues player and manager, as he prepares his proposal.
Candy's presentation to acquire Chelsea included a promise to give supporters a seat on the board of directors, according to Sky News, and he was in talks with financiers about them joining his bid ahead of a deadline for proposals at the end of the week.According to the source, he would also provide short-term money if Chelsea faced a budget problem.
The Korean Football League and the national football squad are both sponsored by Hana Financial Group.
In the previous ten years, C&P Sports has worked on commercial agreements with a number of major clubs, including Kumhos Tyres with Tottenham Hotspur, Nexen Tyre with Manchester City, and Hyundai Motors with Atletico Madrid.
AETHEL PARTNERS are a group of people who work together to make things happen.
Aethel Partners, a London-based financial business, said it has made a proposal for Chelsea for more than two billion pounds, and that it would provide the club with a cash injection of 50 million pounds ($65.90 million) to deal with any immediate financial problems.
In the year 2014, Aethel Partners was formed. Ricardo Santos Silva, the former deputy president of hedge fund Lyxor Asset Management, and Aba Rosa Schubert, a partner at hedge fund Eton Park Capital Management, formed the company.
SEBASTIAN COE & MARTIN BROUGHTON
Sebastian Coe, the President of the International Association of Athletics Federations, has joined a team that includes former Liverpool chairman Martin Broughton and seeks to buy Chelsea.
In a statement to British media, Coe added, "I am certain Sir Martin is the perfect guy to take Chelsea Football Club into its next chapter."
Broughton, the former chairman of British Airways, said his group included affluent investors from around the world who all wanted to keep the club's top status.
"It's a collection of people from all over the world... high capitalization In a BBC radio interview, Broughton said of his group, "This will be all their own money, no exit timelines, and from four or five continents."Broughton would not disclose the amount of his group's bid, but stated it was competitive, and that his consortium was open to Chelsea fans purchasing shares in the club.
KEN GRIFFIN AND THE RICKETTS FAMILY
In collaboration with Citadel founder Ken Griffin, the Ricketts family, owners of the Chicago Cubs, have launched a proposal for Chelsea.
In 2018, the Ricketts family indicated interest in acquiring a controlling interest in AC Milan, an Italian club.
They've put up an investment consortium to make a formal bid for the London club.
Citadel, the hedge fund business, is not involved in the deal, according to Reuters.
HANSJOERG WYSS AND TODD BOEHLY
A person close to the negotiations told Reuters that Swiss billionaire Hansjoerg Wyss, who has teamed up with LA Dodgers co-owner Todd Boehly, British businessman Jonathan Goldstein, and Conservative peer Daniel Finkelstein, had also made an offer.
Wyss, 86, amassed a sizable fortune by selling med-tech firm Synthes Holding AG to Johnson & Johnson for over $20 billion in 2012.
In 2014, Boehly explored launching a takeover bid for Tottenham Hotspur through Cain Hoy Enterprises, a US private investment firm in which he is a co-founder.Finkelstein remarked on Twitter, "I'm enthusiastic about Chelsea to the point of crazy." "I want owners who will invest, but who are also astute and employ cutting-edge techniques to keep our club at the top of the globe."
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