MOSCOW, May 28 Russian businessman Roman Abramovich, on his official website, confirmed the deal to sell the football club to a consortium of American businessman Todd Boeli. The deal is expected to be fully closed on May 30th. Earlier, the UK government announced the completion of the sale of the club. Earlier it was reported that Chelsea had agreed on the terms for the acquisition of a controlling stake by the Boeli consortium in the amount of $ 5.3 billion. However, the sale of the club was called into question after the refusal of the owner of the team, Abramovich, to accept the deal proposed by the British government. Later it became known that the differences were settled, the parties found a common language on how to deal with the club's £1.6 billion debt to Abramovich. It then became clear that the deal had to be approved not only by the UK government, but also by the Portuguese authorities. since Abramovich has the citizenship of this country. Members of the British cabinet have been negotiating with counterparts in the European Commission to provide them with the guarantees they need to approve the deal. On May 26, Portugal gave Abramovich permission to sell the club. Abramovich acquired 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. 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.
