Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich has struck a deal with the UK government that will allow the sale of the club to go through smoothly after reports it had hit a snag earlier this week, according to sources close to the Russian.
A solution has apparently been found to the problem that was preventing the takeover by Todd Boehly and his consortium from going through. PA news agency report that a resolution has been reached over how the £1.5bn debt owed to Abramovich will be handled.
Despite the Oligarch insisting that he did not want the debt repaid to him the government reportedly remained wary that he may U-turn on this stance at a later date and demand the money. However, that now appears to have been resolved leaving Boehly's consortium clear to finalise their takeover by the end of the month.
