Prospective owners of Chelsea Football Club have been told the deadline of the club's takeover. The race to buy the Blues from Roman Abramovich was set to finally draw to a close nearly two weeks ago, April 14.
Consortiums led by Todd Boehly, Sir Martin Broughton and Steve Pagliuca all remain in contention, though it's expected that the latter is who will be eliminated from proceedings. They will be hoping to hear by the end of this week as to who Raine Group deems the preferred bidder, with all three having had further conversations with the club's hierarchy earlier this week, according to The Telegraph.
Uncertainty has loomed over Stamford Bridge throughout the process as each interested party fights to make its case. And, now, Boehly, Broughton and Pagliuca will each have to table another £500m to purchase the west London club.
