MOSCOW, May 7. a stake in the Blues by a consortium of American businessman Todd Bowley, the press service of the Londoners said. businessman Mark Walter. The deal should be completed by the end of May, according to the Chelsea press service. «Chelsea Football Club can confirm that terms have been agreed upon for the acquisition of the club by a new group of owners led by Todd Bowley, Mark Walter, Hansjorg Wyss and a joint-stock firm Clearlake Capital — Of the total £2.5bn will be used to purchase the club's shares, which will be transferred to a frozen UK bank account to be donated in full to charitable causes, as previously reported by Roman Abramovich. a frozen account will require the approval of the UK government,» the statement said. Chelsea also said that the new owners of the club will invest 1.75 billion pounds in additional costs for the development of the team's infrastructure. The last owner of Chelsea was Roman Abramovich. In early March, he announced that he had put the club up for sale in connection with the sanctions due to the events in Ukraine. Abramovich bought Chelsea in 2003. Under him, the London club became the champion of England five times, won the FA Cup five times and won the English League Cup three times, and also won the Champions League and the Europa League twice.
