Ken Griffin was in London this week to try and strengthen his consortium’s chance of winning the race to take over Chelsea from Roman Abramovich.
Griffin is one of the money men behind the Ricketts family’s bid for the European champions. The American family, who own the Chicago Cubs baseball team, are in the running to take over the club, alongside bids led by Todd Boehly, Sir Martin Broughton and Stephen Pagliuca, which have been given until April 11 to submit their final detailed plans.
Although he is in the background of the bid, The Telegraph have reported that Griffin would become the majority shareholder if the Ricketts family were successful in their takeover attempt. Abramovich is selling Chelsea via American merchant bank Raine Group after being sanctioned by the UK government for his connections to Vladimir Putin in the wake of Russia ’s invasion of the Ukraine.
