After the sanctions imposed on its Russian owner, 3 offers to buy Chelsea FC

Three offers have been made to buy Chelsea Football Club, the English Premier League, one led by British real estate developer Nick Candy and another from the Ricketts family that owns the Chicago Cubs and a consortium that includes Sir Martin Bruton and Lord Sebastian Coe.

The US group Rain Bank is overseeing the sale process before the British government imposed sanctions on the former owner, Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich, and set a deadline for receiving offers on Friday.

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