A Swiss businessman is close to buying Chelsea Football Club

Swiss business magnate Hansorg Weiss told the Swiss newspaper Blick that he is close to buying Chelsea from Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich, after he began to study the matter seriously.

"Abramovic is currently trying to sell all the properties he owns in England, and he also wants to get rid of Chelsea quickly," said Weiss.

Together with three others, I received an offer to buy Chelsea.”

He said he will have to wait a few days to see how it goes.

Abramovich finally relinquished the presidency of Chelsea, to avoid sanctions imposed on him due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

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