Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich 'selling UK properties' as Swiss billionaire Hansjorg Wyss claims he has been offered the chance to buy the club.
Roman Abramovich is "terrified of being sanctioned" and selling his UK properties, Labour MP Chris Bryant tells House of Commons; Hansjorg Wyss: "I and three other people received an offer on Tuesday to buy Chelsea from Abramovich...Abramovich is currently asking far too much."
The 86-year-old has admitted interest in purchasing the Stamford Bridge club from Abramovich, but only as part of a consortium.
Russian-Israeli billionaire Abramovich is understood to want to retain his ownership of Chelsea, but that could effectively prove close to impossible should the UK Government impose sanctions on the 55-year-old, who has owned the west London club since 2003.