The sale of Chelsea looks increasingly likely to be completed this week with the government optimistic that Roman Abramovich’s £1.6bn loan to the club will not go to the Russian or his family.
There had been fears that a takeover by Todd Boehly’s consortium would fall through because of delays caused by the debt owed by Chelsea’s parent company, Fordstam Ltd, to Camberley International Investments, a Jersey-based company with suspected links to Abramovich. Whitehall insiders last week voiced concerns over the club going out of business if the deadline for a deal to be completed was not met.
