After a near two-month process the a packed field has finally been whittled down to a successful bidder.
The Todd Boehly-led consortium, which is being backed by Swiss billionaire Hansjoerg Wyss and US private equity firm Clearlake Capital, have been selected as the preferred bidder for the Stamford Bridge side in a deal that values the club at £2.5bn and has a commitment for another £1.75bn of investment into its infrastructure in the coming years.
The deal still needs to be approved by the UK Government and the Premier League, but that will likely be a swift process and the curtain will finally fall on the Roman Abramovich era at Chelsea, an era that changed the landscape of English football.
