Ricketts family making new Chelsea offer 4 years after past offer
Ricketts family making new Chelsea offer 4 years after past offer
Tom Ricketts' plans to buy Chelsea is a follow up on interest in 2018.
PA Sport reports the Ricketts family tabled a formal offer for Chelsea in 2018, with the due diligence from that offer likely to boost the Chicago Cubs' owners current bid to buy the Blues.
Cubs chairman Tom Ricketts and his family confirmed their bid for Chelsea will be submitted on Friday, ahead of Raine Group's deadline for offers for the European and world club champions.
US hedge fund chief Ken Griffin has partnered up on the Ricketts' bid for the Blues.
Rival bidder Todd Boehly also saw a previous bid for Chelsea thwarted, back in 2019, and the US sports investors' prior knowledge of the Blues' set-up is now understood to stand in their favour.
"The Ricketts Family, owners of the Chicago Cubs, can confirm they will be leading an investment group that will make a formal bid for Chelsea Football Club this Friday," a spokesman for the Ricketts family said.
"As long-time operators of an iconic professional sports team, the Ricketts Family and their partners understand the importance of investing for success on the pitch, while respecting the traditions of the club, the fans and the community.
"We look forward to sharing further details of our plans in due course."
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