Potential Chelsea owners The Ricketts Family have continued to push on with their bid to buy the club alongside partner Ken Griffin despite planned fan protests.
We have now entered the crucial month for takeover talks. The four bids that were shortlisted are well known now and each need to make their case in order to succeed Roman Abramovich. Controversially, the Ricketts, despite a lot of backlash with the #NoToRicketts campaign, have reportedly received help from Bruce Buck and club icon Paul Canoville to settle any issues that were present with the hateful comments that surfaced from the father of the family, Joe.
This has led to the other consortiums claiming unfair treatment in this Raine Group process and as a result of growing concern that the Chicago Cubs owners could actually win in this race, Chelsea fans are set to take action with a planned protest that will be conducted pre-Brentford on Saturday. The hope is that the club will hear these concerns in person and be forced to make a swift u-turn as they did last year amid proposals for a European Super League. Nevertheless, Tom Ricketts and company continue with their plans and this latest development comes at a time when fan favourite Todd Boehly has suffered his first blow in this tense race.
