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Nick Candy pledges he will keep spending at Chelsea if his takeover bid is accepted.

The London property developer made a £2.5bn proposal - through his Blue Football Consortium - to buy the club off Roman Abramovich as prospective buyers scrambled to get their offers in before Friday's 9pm deadline.

Other bidders include Hansjorg Wyss and Todd Boehley, who lead a Swiss-American consortium, the Ricketts family who own the Chicago Cubs and a group led by Martin Broughton and Lord Seb Coe. There was also an offer from a Saudi-led group.

Supporters are cautious of who will be named Abramovich's successor given their sustained success over his 19-year tenure. But Candy is not planning to rip everything up and hit the reset button with regards to how they would operate in the transfer market.

He vows to keep plowing money into the club for new signings but has promised to deliver a "new model" that isn't like Manchester United where "one rich family" owns a club.

Candy's global consortium is backed by investors from the USA, Europe and South Korea, although Korean financial company Hana is the only one that has been revealed so far. The others, including one 'very wealthy' Brit and multiple investors across the pond in NBA and NFL