As we reach the conclusion of Chelsea's takeover process, the three remaining bidders have been handed a late request to pay another £500m to purchase the west London club.
As reported by Sky News on Thursday, the three billionaire-led consortiums were informed in the last 48 hours that Roman Abramovich is demanding that the additional sum be guaranteed by his successors to augment what would be one of the biggest charitable donations in British history.
The report states that the demand had come directly from the Russian's associates, with one insider to the deal claiming that Abramovich was insisting that £1bn would be handed to charity after the imminent sale was completed.
