{"id":15235,"date":"2022-04-15T09:02:34","date_gmt":"2022-04-15T13:02:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/04\/15\/ricketts-family-pull-out-of-race-to-buy-chelsea-fc\/"},"modified":"2022-04-15T09:02:34","modified_gmt":"2022-04-15T13:02:34","slug":"ricketts-family-pull-out-of-race-to-buy-chelsea-fc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/04\/15\/ricketts-family-pull-out-of-race-to-buy-chelsea-fc\/","title":{"rendered":"Ricketts family pull out of race to buy Chelsea FC"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Ricketts family have pulled out of the fight to purchase Chelsea Football Club, they have confirmed.<\/p>\n

Since Roman Abramovich put the Blues up for sale, the Ricketts family have been one of the main names tipped to take over at Stamford Bridge.<\/p>\n

However, they have been subjected to a fair bit of fan backlash in the process. As per\u00a0football.london<\/a>, \u2018this comes after leaked emails via Splinter were re-posted from 2017 revealing Islamophobic remarks by Joe Ricketts\u2019.<\/p>\n

The most shared of the quotes on the part of Chelsea\u2019s supporters has come in the form of Islam being referred to as a \u201ccult\u201d, with it too revealed that the patriarch of the family commented that \u201cMuslims are naturally my (our) enemy due to their deep antagonism and bias against non-Muslims\u201d.\u2019<\/p>\n

The aforementioned backlash has included the creation of the NoToRicketts hashtag, followed by a small protest outside Stamford Bridge:<\/p>\n

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\u201cF*** off the Ricketts, you\u2019re not wanted here.\u201d #cfc<\/a> #NoToRicketts<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/wyd0b04Huo<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Nizaar Kinsella (@NizaarKinsella) April 2, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n