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U.S. Billionaires Boehly, Harris Are Frontrunners For Chelsea

Abramovich is selling soccer team after buying Chelsea in 2003
Ricketts bid faced fan criticism over leaked racist emails

Josh Harris
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By Gillian Tan, Heather Perlberg, and Donald Moore

March 24, 2022 at 6:35 PM UTC

Updated on

March 24, 2022 at 10:57 PM UTC

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Groups led by U.S. billionaires Todd Boehly and Josh Harris are the frontrunners to become the new owners of Roman Abramovich’s Chelsea Football Club.

Boehly, who owns the Los Angeles Dodgers baseball team, is part of a group that includes investment firm Clearlake Capital Group, Swiss billionaire Hansjoerg Wyss and property developer Jonathan Goldstein, said a person with knowledge of the matter.