{"id":1016717,"date":"2022-03-10T07:15:54","date_gmt":"2022-03-10T07:15:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/03\/10\/chairman-wontumi-submits-bid-to-purchase-chelsea-football-club\/"},"modified":"2022-03-10T07:15:54","modified_gmt":"2022-03-10T07:15:54","slug":"chairman-wontumi-submits-bid-to-purchase-chelsea-football-club","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/03\/10\/chairman-wontumi-submits-bid-to-purchase-chelsea-football-club\/","title":{"rendered":"Chairman Wontumi submits bid to purchase Chelsea Football Club"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"463\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/1631531577_511_Wontumi-696x463.jpg\"   alt=\"\" title=\"Wontumi\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bernard Antwi-Boasiako <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party, Bernard Antwi-Boasiako, popularly referred to as \u2018Chairman Wontumi\u2019 has submitted a bid of $3.1billion to purchase English Football Club, Chelsea.<\/p>\n<p>In a letter submitted to the Club, \u2018Chairman Wontumi\u2019 declared his interest to purchase the club and the readiness of his legal team to commence negotiations.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on Wontumi TV on Facebook, Bernard Antwi-Boasiako expressed his intention to bring Brazilian and Real Madrid Forward, Vinicius Jnr into the team should he succeed with his purchase of the Club.<\/p>\n<p>He said, \u201cIf I purchase the Club, Lukaku has done his best but I would transfer him to a different club and have talks with Manchester United if I can get Ronaldo into my squad and try to get Messi from Paris Saint Germain as well into the team\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThose who buy clubs are not footballers, but business people. I am also a businessman.\u00a0 I do gold mining.\u00a0Why can\u2019t we buy the club?\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2022-03-09-at-4.45.29-PM-829x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"Chairman Wontumi submits $3.1b bid to purchase Chelsea Football Club\" class=\"wp-image-10032036365\" title=\"Chairman Wontumi submits $3.1b bid to purchase Chelsea Football Club\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>Bernard Antwi-Boasiako believes Roman Abramovich has done his best with Chelsea and is high time he hands over the team to a different person, particularly an African.<\/p>\n<p>Current owner, Roman Abramovich, put the club up for sale in the wake of Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>Chairman Wontumi would face off with other interested persons like American Billionaire, Todd Boehly and Swiss businessman, Hansjorg Wyss.<\/p>\n<p>Also, owner of the New York Jets NFL team, Woody Johnson has been tipped as another interested buyer of the club.<\/p>\n<p>British Tycoon and Chlesa fan, Nick Candy is reported to have made an offer of \u00a32.5b with plans to redevelop Stamford Bridge.<\/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=\"oQ8_YU9AQ7k\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Domestic Violence: Oxfam Ghana calls on gov\u2019t to scrap cost of medical report for victim (9-3-22)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oQ8_YU9AQ7k?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>Bernard Antwi-Boasiako The Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party, Bernard Antwi-Boasiako, popularly referred to as \u2018Chairman Wontumi\u2019 has submitted a bid of $3.1billion to purchase English Football Club, Chelsea. 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