12 minutes ago, Jezz said:

The same Chris Bryant who supported the illegal invasion of Iraq in 2003.

The hypocrisy is astounding.

Same Chris Bryant who made a commitment to serve God and walked away when it became inconvenient for him. Should tell you all you know about his morals.

Guess the Boehly guy might not be buying the club, its looking like he can't afford it.

Edited March 3, 20224 yr by Frankie8Lampard

3 minutes ago, Frankie8Lampard said:

Guess the Boehly guy might not be buying the club, its looking like he can't afford it.

Oh no doubt any buyer is going to look to reduce the cost massively, despite the money going to help the Ukraine victims.

#moneyfirstlivessecond

According to former Spanish intelligence, Roman was responsible for Putin’s personal finances. Though there’s probably zero proof, the mere fact that he emerged wealthy from the post Soviet Union forces him to leave under the current situation, & quite frankly I’m relieved. There’s no other call to make for the sake of the club. 

28 minutes ago, axman2526 said:

Someone who needs a good slap. A coward hiding behind parliament privilege.

 

In other news this one sounds more promising the Swiss money making bid:

"Perhaps a bit more promising is a mention in the Telegraph that Loutfy Mansour, son of Mohamed Mansour, is potentially also looking to put together a bid package. The Mansours own Mansour Group, a massive Egyptian (well, global) conglomerate with $6b in annual revenues, and Loutfy is the head of its investment arm, Man Capital. More pertinently, he’s reportedly also a season ticket-holder at Stamford Bridge, and has made at least one foray into sports already by acquiring Right To Dream last year and setting up Man Sports. In addition to various grassroots footballing activities and initiatives, Right To Dream are also the owners of Danish SuperLiga club FC Nordsjælland (where Michael Essien is currently part of the coaching staff incidentally)."

The Mansour Group doesn't have as big of a net worth to simply pay 3billion like it's nothing in order to be the new owners so if they buy I doubt we would see any more big transfers in the next few years, sorry future Lukakus but your time is up.

15 hours ago, RickUK said:

Supposedly though according to some on twitter, that Boehly, owner of Dodgers, is an owner who will throw money at the team to get them winning.  He is very much a fan of Galactico type ownership.  Their wage bill is 193m a yr, how much do MLB players make, thats more than Utd and just below Barca

After that, ive no idea

The Los Angeles Dodgers payroll in 2021 was $210M and their estimated payroll for this season - before the strike/lockout - was $231.7M or £173m so it's not like he is frugal with money as MLB doesn't have a minimum salary, but they do have a luxury tax which was set at $210M for 2021 according to the googles

1 hour ago, Gol15 said:

The Mansour Group doesn't have as big of a net worth to simply pay 3billion like it's nothing in order to be the new owners so if they buy I doubt we would see any more big transfers in the next few years, sorry future Lukakus but your time is up.

Same as if Roman stays this summer. We will need to start balancing the books so you may well see a Kante, a James, a Havertz, a Mount sold because of our wage bull and not bring able to shift the likes of Lukaku or Werner.

To add to that sky are reporting we won't be keeping Toni, AC or Dave and will save on the way bill starting with them going.

Edited March 3, 20224 yr by axman2526

Apologies if already posted. 

40 minutes ago, axman2526 said:

Same as if Roman stays this summer. We will need to start balancing the books so you may well see a Kante, a James, a Havertz, a Mount sold because of our wage bull and not bring able to shift the likes of Lukaku or Werner.

To add to that sky are reporting we won't be keeping Toni, AC or Dave and will save on the way bill starting with them going.

Roman will sell as soon as the war is over, no chance of him staying and rebuilding the team anymore, it's done now.

9 minutes ago, Gol15 said:

Roman will sell as soon as the war is over, no chance of him staying and rebuilding the team anymore, it's done now.

Aye but if we don't have a buyer by the summer we will likely need to sell to cover our costs and raise money for wages.

11 hours ago, Kev56 said:

A truly sad day for everyone connected to Chelsea football club. We've had ups and downs for the decades i've been following them but before it was like 'Ah well we are Chelsea' and just got on with it. This is numbingly different. Thanks Roman.

It is one thing to rightly acknowledge the contributions made by Roman Abramovich to Chelsea football. But he is no "victim." RA owes his fortune to an incredibly dangerous regime, and he could never have done so without the support for, and the support of, Tsar Putin. As Chelsea fans, we can "mourn" his departure, but we need to look past our own narrow perspective, and focus on the larger, and vastly more important issue: Russia must pay for the destruction of Ukraine. Dead children move me a great deal more than the ouster of a Russian multi-billionaire.

Abramovich has already received several serious bids circa £3billion for the Stamford Bridge club. Full story on @pasport wire. Abramovich hopes to invest circa £2billion in charitable foundation aiding victims of Russia's war in Ukraine #Chelsea #CFC
 

Interesting that’s there’s rumours of “several” bids. Wonder who they are…

6 minutes ago, JM7 said:

Abramovich has already received several serious bids circa £3billion for the Stamford Bridge club. Full story on @pasport wire. Abramovich hopes to invest circa £2billion in charitable foundation aiding victims of Russia's war in Ukraine #Chelsea #CFC
 

Interesting that’s there’s rumours of “several” bids. Wonder who they are…

Knowing our luck it's probably a Chinese, North Korean partnership fronted by an Al Qaeda leader

1 hour ago, axman2526 said:

Aye but if we don't have a buyer by the summer we will likely need to sell to cover our costs and raise money for wages.

Lukaku:

Its hard to get used to the prospect of any other owners to be honest. I'm not anti-American owners, but Roman was a great owner. Yes, he and the board could have done better, but I'm very wary. On the other hand, we've only won the league twice in the last decade, which really is underwhelming considering Roman's ambition. This must improve if we want to be a serious domestic club again. 

22 minutes ago, JM7 said:

Abramovich has already received several serious bids circa £3billion for the Stamford Bridge club. Full story on @pasport wire. Abramovich hopes to invest circa £2billion in charitable foundation aiding victims of Russia's war in Ukraine #Chelsea #CFC
 

Interesting that’s there’s rumours of “several” bids. Wonder who they are…

I’ve put in an offer. I’ve not heard anything yet though. I think it’s likely someone will trump my £500 offer.

15 minutes ago, carrickblue said:

Knowing our luck it's probably a Chinese, North Korean partnership fronted by an Al Qaeda leader

Nah will be the Islamic state.

https://weaintgotnohistory.sbnation.com/2022/3/3/22960145/granovskaia-could-stay-as-wyss-adds-more-investors-and-premier-league-stand-at-the-ready

The Swiss-American group has been complete. Thru have found their backers and are in talks with Roman.

Marina may yet stay, one group, possibly this one, wants her too.

8 minutes ago, enigma said:

Its hard to get used to the prospect of any other owners to be honest. I'm not anti-American owners, but Roman was a great owner. Yes, he and the board could have done better, but I'm very wary. On the other hand, we've only won the league twice in the last decade, which really is underwhelming considering Roman's ambition. This must improve if we want to be a serious domestic club again. 

Not counting Presidents like Florentino Perez and such, Roman has been one of the best single owners in whole Europe. Agnelli family from Juventus doesn't come close, Glazer family from Man United doesn't come close, Kroenke doesn't come close... People like Moratti/Berlusconi could match up but they have been old news for many years now.

The person is what matters, not where he's from! For example AS Roma has a fairly new American owner and they are looking to be more ambitions than before, they got Jose to place some foundations for the future and they didn't hesitate to sign Tammy Abraham and they managed to get Pedro too and also they signed a talented left-back from Uruguay Viña as well, that guy won Copa Libertadores twice with Palmeiras and we all saw how close our match against them was. 

7 minutes ago, Gol15 said:

 

The person is what matters, not where he's from!

It's never been about where he is from, it's got everything to do with being connected to one man. If it was anti-Russian racism, why is Marina not targeted, the highest profile female Russian in the UK ? Not a word about her.

Matt Law has done an interesting podcast on “London is Blue”. He is very close to the club and has insider knowledge. Worth a listen. 

1 minute ago, JM7 said:

Matt Law has done an interesting podcast on “London is Blue”. He is very close to the club and has insider knowledge. Worth a listen. 

What he said?

I can't see anyone spending £3 billion for us ... half that maybe ... but £3 billion seems way OTT to me, given the perceived issues with the stadium/ground capacity, the sky high wage bill as a percentage of turnover, and the ongoing annual losses requiring significant bale outs from Roman. 

57 minutes ago, carrickblue said:

Knowing our luck it's probably a Chinese, North Korean partnership fronted by an Al Qaeda leader

or even worse Conor McGregor !

I'm not a looking forward to Wyss and his Tom,deck and Harry investors taking over,one or possibly two partners would be better.