More recently, just a week ago, Lewis Hamilton spoke of his interest in acquiring Chelsea football club, for which he joined a consortium led by British businessman Martin Broughton, but the day before it was announced that this project had been unsuccessful. .
According to Reuters and BBC Sport, as of yesterday, the sole contender for Chelsea’s purchase was the consortium of American Todd Boehley, co-owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers baseball club, with the rest eliminated from the game.
Admittedly, it was revealed on Friday about another contender, he was billionaire Jim Ratcliffe, founder and co-owner of British chemical company INEOS, which by the way also has a stake in the Mercedes team. At the same time, the deadline for submitting applications for the Chelsea takeover expired on March 18. But Sir Ratcliffe offered a sum much larger than Todd Boehley’s consortium – £4.25 billion.
“This is a British bid to take over a British club,” INEOS said in a statement yesterday. – We believe that London should have a club that reflects the status of the city, such as Real Madrid, Barcelona or Bayern Munich. Our aim is to make Chelsea that club.”
It is possible that INEOS’s proposal will mess up all the cards, but the bottom line is that the consortium to which the seven-time world champion is related is no longer participating in further bids at this stage.
Source: F1 News
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