{"id":13968,"date":"2022-04-02T18:00:36","date_gmt":"2022-04-02T22:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/04\/02\/major-development-confirmed-in-ricketts-familys-chelsea-bid\/"},"modified":"2022-04-02T18:00:36","modified_gmt":"2022-04-02T22:00:36","slug":"major-development-confirmed-in-ricketts-familys-chelsea-bid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/04\/02\/major-development-confirmed-in-ricketts-familys-chelsea-bid\/","title":{"rendered":"Major development confirmed in Ricketts Family\u2019s Chelsea bid"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>An altogether significant development in the efforts of the Ricketts Family to take control of Chelsea Football Club has been confirmed late on Saturday evening.<\/p>\n<p>And, in a blow to the droves of Blues supporters who have pushed back against such a bid, the news comes as a major boost to the takeover hopes of American businessman Tom Ricketts and his family.<\/p>\n<p>As per a host of reliable sources, the owner of the Chicago Cubs has today seen his proposal to take Chelsea off the hands of Roman Abramovich backed by none other than Dan Gilbert.<\/p>\n<p>Gilbert, another major player in the American sports scene, is the current owner of NBA franchise the Cleveland Cavaliers.<\/p>\n<p>Even more significantly, though, the Quicken Loans co-founder is also understood to be one of the United States\u2019 wealthiest men.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">EXCLUSIVE: Rock Entertainment Group, owner of a string of US sports teams and backed by Dan Gilbert, one of America\u2019s richest men, has agreed to back the bid for Chelsea Football Club being led by the Ricketts family and hedge fund tycoon Ken Griffin. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Yu1SqRjzkc\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/Yu1SqRjzkc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mark Kleinman (@MarkKleinmanSky) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MarkKleinmanSky\/status\/1510340316288753677?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 2, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Chelsea reporter Matt Law has since provided further insight into the situation, confirming that, even in the case that the Ricketts Family do not take the controlling stake in the Champions League holders, the ongoing bid for control at Stamford Bridge would remain led by the group.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I\u2019m told this remains a Ricketts-led bid even if they do not take the controlling stake. Group have not commented on the planned share split. Suspect Chelsea\u2019s supporter groups will want a lot more info\/clarity on this <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/cfc?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#cfc<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/s9xHLnHGVG\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/s9xHLnHGVG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Matt Law (@Matt_Law_DT) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Matt_Law_DT\/status\/1510350035472560133?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 2, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>\u2018F**k off\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>Word of the latest developments in the Ricketts\u2019 endeavours to secure ownership of Chelsea of course comes just hours on from the Blues\u2019 supporters once more making their feelings with the American group crystal clear.<\/p>\n<p>Taking to the streets around Stamford Bridge ahead of the club\u2019s Premier League defeat to Brentford, the fans in question staged a protest against the American consortium, courtesy of loud chants and explicit banners:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\u201cF*** off the Ricketts, you\u2019re not wanted here.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/cfc?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#cfc<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NoToRicketts?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NoToRicketts<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wyd0b04Huo\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/wyd0b04Huo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Nizaar Kinsella (@NizaarKinsella) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NizaarKinsella\/status\/1510219837838180354?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 2, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Such backlash comes owing to both the struggles of the aforementioned Chicago Cubs and, more importantly, the unveiling of alleged Islamophobic emails sent by Joe Ricketts (Tom\u2019s father) back in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/news\/brentford-take-to-social-media-to-troll-chelsea-after-stamford-bridge-rout\/\">Brentford take to social media to troll Chelsea after Stamford Bridge rout<\/a><\/h4>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/top-stories\/manchester-united-vs-leicester-city-result-player-ratings-and-quotes\/\">Player Ratings | Manchester United fail to gain ground in hunt for fourth after frustrating 1-1 draw with Leicester City<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 An altogether significant development in the efforts of the Ricketts Family to take control of Chelsea Football Club has been confirmed late on Saturday evening. And, in a blow to the droves of Blues supporters who have pushed back against such a bid, the news comes as a major boost to the takeover hopes [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12,7],"tags":[13,14],"class_list":["post-13968","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-football","category-sport","tag-football","tag-soccer","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13968","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13968"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13968\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13968"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13968"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13968"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}