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George Flood

Sir Jim Ratcliffe NOT considering Chelsea bid after Roman Abramovich puts club up for sale

Sir Jim Ratcliffe appears to have been ruled out of the running to succeed Roman Abramovich as the next owner of Chelsea.

Following Abramovich’s huge announcement last night that he is putting the west London club up for sale, reports suggested that British billionaire Ratcliffe was among the interested parties considering a potential bid this week, as well as Swiss billionaire Hansjorg Wyss and American Todd Boehly.

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