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Abramovich did not agree on the price of Chelsea with the richest Briton
The founder of the petrochemical company Ineos, Jim Ratcliffe, the richest Briton ($13.1 billion according to Forbes), is ready to buy the Chelsea football club from Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich, writes The Times. But he is again not satisfied with the price requested by Abramovich - 2.5 billion pounds ($ 3.3 billion), the publication reported.
More. In September last year, Bloomberg wrote that Ratcliffe offered £2.3bn for the football club, but then Abramovich was ready to sell him for only £3bn.
Having bought the pre-bankrupt Chelsea in 2003 for 140 million pounds, Abramovich subsequently invested at least $ 1.1 billion in the club. Under Abramovich, Chelsea became the national champion five times, won the FA Super Cup twice, and won the Champions League in 2012.
In 2018, the UK authorities did not extend Abramovich's investment visa, which made it difficult for the Russian billionaire to manage the club. He was forced to freeze the renovation of the team's home stadium, Stamford Bridge.
Context. The other day it became known that Abramovich is selling shares of the metallurgical company Evraz for $100 million and a stake in Norilsk Nickel. The reason for the sale of Russian assets may be preparations for tougher US sanctions.
Ratcliffe has recently become a sports mogul: he owns the Swiss football club Lausanne and buys Team Sky, a major British road cycling team. He will rename the team Team Ineos after his petrochemical company.
Sergei Smirnov