UK minister says Chelsea have matter of weeks to complete sale

West Ham United's Craig Dawson reacts after he is adjudged to have fouled Chelsea's Romelu Lukaku to concede a penalty during the Premier League match at Stamford Bridge, London, on April 24. Picture: John Walton

West Ham United's Craig Dawson reacts after he is adjudged to have fouled Chelsea's Romelu Lukaku to concede a penalty during the Premier League match at Stamford Bridge, London, on April 24. Picture: John Walton

Published Apr 28, 2022

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London - Premier League club Chelsea is on borrowed time and only has weeks to complete its sale, Britain's Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport told the BBC on Thursday.

Chelsea were put up for sale by Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich before sanctions were imposed on the oligarch by the British government over Russia's invasion of Ukraine, leaving the club unable to sign new players or renew existing contracts.

Final bids for the club were submitted earlier this month.

"Chelsea is very much on borrowed time at the moment. There is a very short window left for that sale to take place. It has to happen soon," Nadine Dorries told the BBC's Newscast podcast.

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Asked what would happen if that window closed without Chelsea being sold, Dorries declined to say, but added that the club had "weeks" to be sold.

Reuters

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