Barely 24 hours after the sale of Chelsea was supposedly on the verge of collapse, we now have reports of the sale actually being on the verge of approval. Magic! Barring any further briefings (or griefings, as it were) from the UK Government, it looks like we should be able to move forward shortly. (Feel free to reschedule your tweets, Trivago.)
Update: Trivago have deleted their post. ♂️
— Ben Jacobs (@JacobsBen) May 17, 2022
Another bizarre day in the Chelsea sale saga.
With Premier League approval seen as a formality — and “imminent” as per reports this morning — we now have a clear route for the government to approve the sale and issue all the necessary licenses. As reported by The Times, a “legal resolution” has been found for the £1.5b debt owed by Chelsea’s parent company, Fordstam to Roman Abramovich, which was held by Jersey-based Camberley Investments.
Camberley are outside the remit of the UK Government (though the Government of Jersey also sanctioned Abramovich), but their trustees have now been indemnified and released from any future tax implications and protected from any legal action, enabling the debt to written off and the money from Chelsea’s sale thus put into an escrow and eventually used to set up Mike Penrose’s Foundation.
The upshot of all that financial mumbo jumbo is that the “sale structure” (including the £50m in total bonuses paid to the management team handling the £4250m sale) has been accepted by the powers that be (on either side), and it should be all green lights from here on out, right? (Right?!)
The Times can also reveal that a legal resolution has been found regarding the £1.6bn loan owed to a trust that should now mean the government can approve the sale of the club. The Premier League is already close to giving the green light to the takeover https://t.co/chorlXtO4w
— Times Sport (@TimesSport) May 17, 2022
Premier League to green light Todd Boehly's Chelsea takeover "imminently"
— Telegraph Football (@TeleFootball) May 17, 2022
+ Unicef chief steps in with Abramovich money vow: "Lives are at stake"@Matt_Law_DT and @Tom_Morgs have all the latest from Stamford Bridgehttps://t.co/IXlh7RfXtI
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