Swiss mogul Hansjoerg Wyss is considering buying world champion club Chelsea from Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich, Wyss told Swiss newspaper Blick.
“Abramovich is currently trying to sell all of his properties in England. He also wants to get rid of Chelsea quickly now,” Wyss said, according to Blick, in an interview published on Wednesday.
“I, along with three other people, received an offer on Tuesday to buy Chelsea from Abramovich.”
A spokesperson for Abramovich did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Wyss said he would have to wait four or five days to see how things played out.
“Abramovich is asking too much right now. You know: Chelsea owe him 2 billion pounds sterling. But Chelsea don’t have the money. In other words, whoever buys Chelsea will have to compensate Abramovich,” Wyss told the newspaper.
On Saturday, Abramovich said he was handing over Chelsea to the trustees of the club’s charitable foundation after calls were made for him to be subject to sanctions following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Since then, a number of Russian individuals and entities have been subject to sanctions by the UK government, and some British opposition lawmakers have said Abramovich should be included on that list.
One of them, Chris Bryant, said the UK should confiscate his assets and stop him from owning the football club.
The move to pass day-to-day control of the club to the trustees of the foundation, which includes the club’s American president Bruce Buck, did not change Abramovich’s status as the club’s owner.
Wyss said the exact selling price for Abramovich is still unclear.
“I can imagine joining Chelsea with partners. But first I have to carefully check the general conditions. What I can already say, though, is that I certainly won’t do something like this alone. If I buy Chelsea, it will be with a consortium of six or seven investors.”
Abramovich bought the West London club in 2003 and his investment helped produce the most successful era in the team’s history – winning five Premier League titles, five FA Cups, the Champions League twice and, most recently, the FIFA Club World Cup.
Source: CNN Brasil
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