A ‘British-backed’ consortium assembled by a number of Chelsea season ticket holders have revealed their plans for long-term investment in the Blues after reportedly joining the race to buy the club. The deadline for any bids to be submitted for the Premier League side came and went on Friday evening, with a number of parties understood to be contenders for a takeover.
Whilst the already-known parties tabled their offers, there appears to have been a late move by a group of supporters backed by London-based asset management firm Centricus according to The Times. They have apparently joined hedge-fund manager Jonathan Lourie and Bob Finch in attempting to seal a deal.
According to the reports, they made their proposal to Raine Group ahead of the deadline, with Centricus’ CEO Nizar Al-Bassam speaking in more detail about their affections for Chelsea, whilst also revealing their plans going forwards should a takeover bid be successful.
