Cubs: Ricketts family one of four finalists to buy Chelsea FC

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Ricketts family one of four finalists to buy Chelsea FC

/ by Tim Stebbins

Cubs

The Ricketts family is one of four finalists to buy Premier League club Chelsea FC, according to multiple reports.

Along with the Cubs owners, bids from Los Angeles Dodgers owner Todd Boehly, David Blitzer and Josh Harris, and Boston Celtics owner Stephen Pagliuca have been shortlisted.

OFFICIAL: Raine has shortlisted four #CFC bids all with US links. Ricketts family are through to next stage. Todd Boehly, David Blitzer & Josh Harris and Stephen Pagliuca have made shortlist. 'Auction' style process now. All four can do due diligence. New owner by end of April.
— Ben Jacobs (@JacobsBen) March 25, 2022

Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich put the club up for sale earlier this month amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The UK government later sanctioned Abramovich.

The Ricketts family has taken renewed heat during the bidding process for the Islamophobic emails of family patriarch Joe Ricketts that surfaced in 2019.

While that was not something that was considered to keep them from becoming a finalist, it might ultimately hurt their chances to win the bidding.

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