Chelsea news: Ricketts-led consortium confirms bid to buy Blues has been withdrawn
he four potential new owners of Chelsea was narrowed down to three on Friday morning, as the Ricketts consortium confirmed that they had no intentions of submitting a final bid.
The Chicago Cubs owners and their partners decided against submitting a final bid for the Blues, with the consortium members understood to be unable to agree the final composition of their offer.
The consortium was spearheaded by Tom and Laura Ricketts, who had partnered with US billionaires Ken Griffin and Dan Gilbert on a cash-only bid to buy the Blues.
New York merchant bank the Raine Group were in charge of overseeing the bidding process, and set a deadline on Thursday for final bids to be submitted by.
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