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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Sport
James Robson

Chelsea takeover: Todd Boehly targets £200m summer transfer spree to begin vital Thomas Tuchel rebuild

Todd Boehly has finally been cleared to take control of Chelsea, with the American immediately setting his sights on a summer spending spree.

The Government this morning confirmed it had granted a licence for Roman Abramovich to sell the club, after weeks of negotiations with the Russian’s lawyers. Whitehall is now satisfied no proceeds from the £4.25billion sale will go to the oligarch, who was sanctioned due to his links with Vladimir Putin.

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