CHELSEA NEWS: There is a shortlist of potential new owners [Complete list]

Chelsea Football Club’s sale could move forward rapidly after the deadline for offer submissions on Friday, as shortlists of potential new owners have surfaced.

After Friday’s deadline for making an offer, the Raine Group, a New York merchant bank, will narrow down a shortlist of preferred bidders.

Because of the speed with which the Stamford Bridge club is being sold, a shortlist of as few as three bids might be in place by next week.

According to NAN, a solid nucleus of bidders is ready to make their proposals, and a handful of those suitors greatly strengthened their hands amid yet more amazing developments on Thursday.

Lord Sebastian Coe has joined Sir Martin Broughton’s offer for Chelsea, lending weight to the former Liverpool chairman’s bid.

The endorsement of Broughton, who is a lifetime Chelsea fan, and Coe, who is World Athletics president and London 2012 Olympics chief, is expected to find favor in government circles.

The Ricketts family, owners of the Chicago Cubs, released a strong statement confirming their Chelsea bid and adding influential hedge fund manager Ken Griffin to their group.

Nick Candy, a British property mogul, enlisted Chelsea fan Gianluca Vialli in his campaign, and the former Italy attacker and current Azzurri assistant manager are likely to please Chelsea fans.

Candy’s proposal would also benefit from the knowledge of Vialli’s sports investment and merger company, Tifosy.

Todd Boehly, a part-owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers, was the first to emerge as a serious candidate in the Chelsea competition, with the US magnate’s group following closely behind.

Woody Johnson, the owner of the New York Jets, has long been rumored to be planning a bid, but he has yet to make his intentions known.

Remember that, despite Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Roman Abramovich placed Chelsea up for sale earlier this month.

Last Monday, the UK government sanctioned the Russian billionaire, freezing all of his UK assets except Chelsea, which operates under stringent Downing Street license.

The US government sanctioned Abramovich after claiming to have evidence of his ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin, but the 55-year-old has long refuted the claims.

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