Sanctioned Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich has landed in Istanbul and could reportedly hold further talks with Muhsin Bayrak ahead of Friday's bid deadline.
Since Abramovich was sanctioned last week and more recently on Wednesday by the EU, multiple billionaires have been sizing up an opportunity that had been made more complicated by the UK government's involvement. However, football.london understands that the Raine Group will have the final and only say on who is to succeed the Russian oligarch.
Saudi Media, Todd Boehly's consortium and Nick Candy had been the hot names on the agenda so far this week but one name has come back into the equation that many Chelsea fans had forgotten about - Muhsin Bayrak. The Turkish billionaire had previously claimed that he had a deal to takeover the Blues at a '90 per cent' done rate before his good friend Abramovich was sanctioned.
