With less than a week until final bids for Chelsea must be submitted, the Ricketts family were once again in London this week for further talks regarding their bid - but they did not hang around for long after.
Tom and Laura Ricketts met the Chelsea hierarchy on Tuesday as they look to persuade the decisive members that their bid is better than those of Todd Boehly's consortium, Steve Pagliuca or Sir Martin Broughton's consortium. All four parties made it through the first round of bidding and must now submit their final offers by April 11.
Some Chelsea fans have been passionately critical of the Ricketts family after islamaphobic comments from Joe Ricketts came to light in which he branded Muslims "his enemy" in leaked emails. Despite Joe not being involved in the bid, it sparked protests by supporters who felt the comments should rule them out of the running.
