Most expensive team? Chelsea could be finally sold for a world record fee after 20 parties submitted bids
Things seems getting close for new Chelsea owner as reports claims another massive buyer is on the ground
However, reports claims that, Chelsea could set a record of the largest cheque ever written for a sports when the sale of the club is concluded.
We have seen bidders like the Boehly consortium and the Nick Candy consortium increase their bids days after submitting a bid to buy Chelsea. This is because more than 20 parties submitted bids to buy Chelsea, according to The Athletic.
While six are publicly known, it seems more have privately submitted bids to buy Chelsea privately.
The Athletic adds that the immense interest in buying Chelsea could see other bidders raise their bids closer to £3 billion, or $4 billion, a sum that would easily beat the $3.35 billion (£2.5 billion) Joseph Tsai paid for the NBA’s Brooklyn Nets and their Barclays Center arena in 2019.
The £2.5 billion paid for NBA’s Brooklyn Nets in 2019 is the largest cheque ever written for a sports franchise until now, with the next biggest deals — baseball’s New York Mets, Houston Rockets of the NBA and NFL franchise the Carolina Panthers — grouped around the $2 billion mark.
The highest price ever paid for a football team is still the £790 million the Glazers spent buying Manchester United shares between 2003 and 2005. The sale of Chelsea will easily beat this record irrespective of the amount the club is sold for.