After long negotiations
The campaign to buy Chelsea seems to have come to an end after weeks of negotiations. English media like that “Telegraph” and “Sky Sports” all report Friday that a consortium led by billionaire LA Dodgers co-owner Todd Boehly won the bid.
Bidding was open until shortly before the end, a last-minute offer from entrepreneur Sir Jim Ratcliffe for a reported £4.5 billion, the equivalent of around EUR 5 billion, was rejected because the Chelsea board did not consider him a suitable owner was viewed. Nothing is known about the amount of the offer from Boehly, which ultimately won the contract.
The previous owner, Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich, had put the London-based club up for sale before being hit with harsh sanctions by the British government for its close ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin, who also ranked Chelsea – the fourth most valuable team in the world – met.
FC Barcelona ranked 8th: The most valuable squads in the world
19 Everton FC – Squad value: €448M
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Status: April 2022; Rounded values
18 RB Leipzig – squad value: €466m
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17 AC Milan – squad value: €480m
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16 SSC Napoli – squad value: €494m
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15 Leicester City – squad value: €515m
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14 Arsenal FC – Squad value: €521M
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13 Inter Milan – squad value: €529m
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12 Juventus – squad value: €556M
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11 Borussia Dortmund – squad value: €560m
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10 Tottenham Hotspur – Squad value: €587M
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9 Atlético Madrid – Squad value: €661M
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8 FC Barcelona – squad value: €679m
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7 Manchester United – Squad value: €713m
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6 Real Madrid – squad value: €757m
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5 Bayern Munich – squad value: €805m
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4 Chelsea – squad value: €852m
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3 Liverpool FC – Squad value: €901M
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2 PSG – squad value: €903m
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1 Manchester City – squad value: €959m
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Last week the number of possible buyers from English media was already limited to three, including a consortium led by Martin Broughton, the former chairman of British Airways, who, among other things, includes former Olympic track and field champion Sebastian Coe, long-time tennis world number one Serena Williams and Formula 1 record world champion Lewis Hamilton belonged.
Bin Salman, Abramovich & Co.: The owners of the 20 Premier League clubs
Everton FC – Farhad Moshiri (Iran)
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Entry year: 2016
Info: Here you can see the respective majority shareholders of the clubs, who do not necessarily have to own 100% of the shares.
Aston Villa – Wes Edens (USA) & Nassef Sawiris (Egypt)
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Entry year: 2018
Chelsea FC – Roman Abramovich (Russia)
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Entry year: 2003 – Status: Club is for sale.
Arsenal – Stan Kroenke (USA)
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Year of entry: 2008
Newcastle United – Mohammed Bin Salman* (Saudi Arabia)
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Year of entry: 2021, as Chairman of the Public Investment Fund
Liverpool FC – John Henry (USA)
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Entry year: 2010
West Ham United – David Sullivan (Wales), David Gold (England), Daniel Kretinsky (Czech Republic)
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Entry year: 2010, Kretinsky from 2021
Southampton FC – Dragan Solak (Serbia)
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Year of entry: In 2022, Dragan Solak bought 80% of the club shares from Jisheng Gao (left) for £100m. Katharina Liebherr (right) continues to hold 20% of the shares.
Brentford FC – Matthew Benham (England)
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Entry year: 2011
Burnley FC – Alan Pace (USA)
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Entry year: 2020
Brighton & Hove Albion – Tony Bloom (England)
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Entry year: 2011
Crystal Palace – Steve Parish (England)
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Entry year: 2011
Leeds United – Andrea Radrizzani (Italy)
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Entry year: 2017
Leicester City – Aiyawatt Srivaddhanaprabha (Thailand)
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Entry year: 2019
Manchester City – Mansour Al Nahyan (UAE)
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Year of entry: 2008
Manchester United-Joel Glazer* (USA)
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*and family
Entry year: 2003
Norwich City – Delia Smith & Michael Wynn Jones (England)
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Year of entry: 1998
Tottenham Hotspur – Daniel Levy (England)
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Entry year: 2000
Watford FC – Gino Pozzo (Italy)
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Entry year: 2012
Wolverhampton Wanderers – Guo Guangchang (China)
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Entry year: 2016
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