The Ricketts household have outlined a listing of commitments in the event that they win the bid to purchase Chelsea, saying they’d by no means enable the Premier League membership to take part in a European Super League whereas additionally exploring the choice of redeveloping Stamford Bridge.
The Ricketts, who personal the Chicago Cubs baseball staff, have been included on the shortlist to purchase the London membership however got here beneath strain from the Chelsea Supporters’ Trust (CST) who stated 77 per cent of its members don’t assist their bid.
The Ricketts stated they’d met with a number of Chelsea supporters over the previous couple of weeks and listened to their suggestions.
“As we enter the next phase of the process, we are sharing a list of specific commitments that give fans a pivotal role in protecting Chelsea’s heritage and building for future success,” they stated in a press release on Sunday.
“We will continue to discuss our ambitions for the club with fans and the wider football community in the coming days.”
The CST doesn’t have a seat on Chelsea’s board or the ability to veto its choices and is in search of larger affect on the membership. The Ricketts household stated they’d have a seat on an advisory committee.
They added the advisory committee would have a former males’s and girls’s first staff participant, members of the CST and Chelsea Pitch Owners, and “influential community leaders”.
Other commitments embrace investing within the first staff and academy to “continue winning trophies” and guaranteeing the ladies’s staff additionally performs matches at Stamford Bridge.
Chelsea had been put up on the market by Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich earlier than sanctions had been imposed on the oligarch by the British authorities, successfully giving it management of the membership.
US Bank Raine Group is overseeing the sale and the successful bidder should even be authorized by the federal government.
Source : channelnewsasia.com
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