{"id":1076970,"date":"2022-05-05T11:05:52","date_gmt":"2022-05-05T11:05:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/05\/05\/chelsea-takeover-ratcliffes-4-25-billion-bid-rejected-out-of-hand\/"},"modified":"2022-05-05T11:05:52","modified_gmt":"2022-05-05T11:05:52","slug":"chelsea-takeover-ratcliffes-4-25-billion-bid-rejected-out-of-hand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/05\/05\/chelsea-takeover-ratcliffes-4-25-billion-bid-rejected-out-of-hand\/","title":{"rendered":"Chelsea Takeover: Ratcliffe&#8217;s \u00a34.25 billion Bid Rejected &#8216;Out of Hand&#8217; |"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The Todd Boehly-led consortium has emerged as the favourites to take ownership of the club from Roman Abramovich.<\/p>\n<p>British billionaire Sir Jim Ratcliffe&#8217;s bid to buy Chelsea for \u00a34.25 billion ($5.3bn) has been rejected.<\/p>\n<p>Ratcliffe launched a late challenge\u00a0to fellow prospective owners\u00a0Todd Boehly and his consortum, who have become the favourites\u00a0to take control of the Stamford Bridge side.<\/p>\n<p>Ratcliffe has held talks with the Chelsea Supporters\u2019 Trust\u00a0about his proposal and\u00a0Bloomberg\u00a0reports he is set to meet with ex-Blues player Paul Canoville, who has already given his backing to Boehly&#8217;s camp.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What has been said?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Tom Crotty, a director at the Ineos Group owned by Ratcliffe, confirmed that the bank in charge of the sale of Chelsea, the Raine Group. has turned down their offer.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We\u2019ve been rejected out of hand by Raine, but we will keep reminding people we are still here,&#8221; he told\u00a0Bloomberg.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We will continue to engage with the fanbase. 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