{"id":1008291,"date":"2022-03-02T14:38:36","date_gmt":"2022-03-02T14:38:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/03\/02\/abramovich-puts-chelsea-football-club-up-for-sale\/"},"modified":"2022-03-02T14:38:36","modified_gmt":"2022-03-02T14:38:36","slug":"abramovich-puts-chelsea-football-club-up-for-sale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/03\/02\/abramovich-puts-chelsea-football-club-up-for-sale\/","title":{"rendered":"Abramovich puts Chelsea Football Club up for sale"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Roman-Abramovich-696x392.jpg\"   alt=\"Sky Sports\" title=\"Roman Abramovich\"\/><\/div>\n<p>Chelsea owner, Roman Abramovich is facing to sell the club and his other UK properties to avoid potential sanctions after Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>The Russian billionaire wants wants a minimum of \u00a33billion to sell Chelsea as he invites bids for the club.<\/p>\n<p>Swiss billionaire, Hansjorg Wyss meanwhile has confirmed to one potential buyer and has been offered the chance to join a \u00a32bn consortium with \u2018six or seven\u2019 other investors to buy Chelsea.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large td-caption-align-https:\/\/www.adomonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Hansjorg-Wyss.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"690\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Hansjorg-Wyss-1024x690.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2086394\"  \/><figcaption><strong> Swiss billionaire, Hansjorg Wyss <\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The 86-year-old, worth a reported \u00a34.3bn, has admitted interest in purchasing the Stamford Bridge club from Roman Abramovich, but only in a consortium.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p>Russian-Israeli billionaire Abramovich has publicly expressed his desire to retain ownership of Chelsea, but that could prove close to impossible should the UK Government impose sanctions on the 55-year-old.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"929\" height=\"523\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Roman-Abramovich-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2086398\"  \/><figcaption><strong>Chelsea Owner, Roman Abramovich<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Wyss has admitted he will look into the details of any possible deal to buy Chelsea, with the asking price thought to push beyond \u00a32billion.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Abramovich is trying to sell all his villas in England, he also wants to get rid of Chelsea quickly,\u2019 Wyss told Swiss newspaper Blick.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ ALSO:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u2018I and three other people received an offer on Tuesday to buy Chelsea from Abramovich.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I have to wait four to five days now. Abramovich is currently asking far too much. You know, Chelsea owe him \u00a32 billion. But Chelsea has no money. As of today, we don\u2019t know the exact selling price.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Abramovich attempted to step back from the daily running of Chelsea on Saturday, in the wake of Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>            <!--  [embed]https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=videoseries[\/embed]<!--\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>--><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"jeejwM2g5oY\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Engaging An Ashanti Woman: What You Need To Make It Traditionally Acceptable -  Adom TV (2-3-22)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jeejwM2g5oY?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chelsea owner, Roman Abramovich is facing to sell the club and his other UK properties to avoid potential sanctions after Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine. The Russian billionaire wants wants a minimum of \u00a33billion to sell Chelsea as he invites bids for the club. 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