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Former tennis world number one Serena Williams and seven-times Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton have joined Martin Broughton's bid to buy Premier League club Chelsea, a source close to the bid told Reuters on Thursday.
Chelsea's new owners could be revealed this week with Roman Abramovich and the Raine Group set to decide a preferred bidder from the three consortiums left standing at the end of a prolonged process, with the winner likely to be either the Todd Boehly/Jonathan Goldstein group or the Josh Harris/David Blitzer combination.
The owners of the Chicago Cubs dropped their interest in buying Chelsea, leaving three remaining bids for the enforced sale of the Premier League club by sanctioned Russian owner Roman Abramovich.
The Ricketts family and partners have withdrawn their bid to buy Chelsea, leaving three consortia battling for the Blues.
Final bids were due for Chelsea on Thursday in one of the most public sports franchise sales in history.
The Raine Group selected four bids for the sale of Chelsea FC as a short-list last week, with a view to presenting a winning bid to the Government by the end of April. The bids on the short-list are from Todd Boehly, the owner of the LA Dodgers, the bid led by Sir Martin Broughton, the Ricketts family who own the Chicago Cubs and the Boston Celtics co-owner Stephen Pagliuca.
As potential Chelsea owner Todd Boehly reportedly considers plans to redevelop Stamford Bridge, the American's previous comments about sports stadiums have come to light.
Woody Johnson has admitted it’s “disappointing” he’s out of the running to buy Chelsea, but also hinted at his relief at avoiding the “huge challenge” the new owners will face at Stamford Bridge.