The UK billionaire hoping to buy Chelsea is a Tory donor who broke lockdown rules at a "raucous" Christmas party thrown by aides during Covid restrictions in December 2020.
Nick Candy, 49, is reportedly planning on submitting a £2.5billion offer to buy the reigning European champions from departing owner Roman Abramovich.
As exclusively revealed by The Mirror, Candy attended a Tory Christmas party on December 14, 2020 - when social mixing between households indoors was banned.