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Chelsea icon and former Blues manager Gianluca Vialli has admitted that he is 'proud' to support Nick Candy in his bid to complete a takeover of the club amid competition from the likes of Todd Boehly's consortium, The Ricketts Family and the Saudi Media group.

The news that Vialii has joined Candy in his attempts to form the Chelsea ownership group to succeed Roman Abramovich came at a much needed time for the billionaire, whose net worth is ranked at $2billion (£1.5million). Saudi Media, Boehly and most recently the Chicago Cubs owners amongst a few others had gained momentum in this ongoing saga, so for Candy and his new partner Vialli to be back in the race spices things up another notch as Raine's Friday deadline is fast approaching with interested parties having just over 24 hours to make official offers.

The Italian is joining forces with the Chelsea fan - who was in attendance at the weekend for the Newcastle win - with Tifosy Capital & Advisory (a company set up by Vialli and a group of financiers) now working with Candy ahead of Friday's deadline for offers to buy Chelsea. Vialli represented the Blues as a player between 1996 and 1999, with part of that as player/manager. The now 57-year-old Italian managed Chelsea from 1998 until 2000 before being replaced by fellow countryman Claudio Ranieri.

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