Former Man United defender and well known pundit Gary Neville has expressed worry that American owners could exploit the Chelsea 'fans' with their 'growth' strategy amid takeover uncertainty.
Todd Boehly and the Ricketts Group are just two of the interested parties who are in the running to buy Chelsea from owner Roman Abramovich, and both are American. Sir Martin Broughton's consortium also has American involvement but from further afield.
If Chelsea was to come under American ownership, then the Blues would join eight other teams and therefore become the ninth to have mostly American involvement at ownership level - something that would come of a huge concern to Neville due to what he has seen unfold with how the Glazer Family have handled Man United. This is despite evidence that some American owners like Liverpool' Fenway Sports Group have shown their intentions to be purely football-based despite financial decisions that had gone down the wrong way in their early days with the Liverpool faithful.
