Abramovich can sell part of the Chelsea shares to Chinese investors

The Russian owner of the English Chelsea Roman Abramovich is interested in selling part of the shares of a football club of the Chinese investment company HNA Group, reports The Sun.

It is emphasized that the chairman of the club Bruce Buck has already held two rounds of negotiations with company representatives. We are talking about the purchase from Abramovich 20% of the club’s shares, the amount of a potential transaction can be about 240 million pounds.

According to the newspaper, the Russian businessman intends to take this step to let the funds received from the sale of the home stadium of the Stamford Bridge club, as well as to strengthen the team.

Abramovich acquired Chelsea in 2003 for 140 million pounds from entrepreneur Ken Bates. After the club, the most successful period in history began, he won the championship of England four times, five - the country's Cup, three - the league Cup, two - the country of the country.

Also, after buying the club, the Russian billionaire Chelsea first won the Champions League, became the winner of the Europa League and the UEFA Super Cup. In the current season, the "aristocrats" lead in the standings of the championship of England, scoring 60 points after 25 meetings.