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Official! The agreement was reached, and Abu gave up 4 billion

Helpless, reluctant, but it was time to say goodbye.

Chelsea officials announced today that an agreement has been reached on the terms of the acquisition by the Burleigh consortium in the United States, and the change of ownership is nearing completion. Abramovich's Blue Bridge era came to an end.

At 1:37 a.m. local time in London, England on May 7, Chelsea officially announced that a joint consortium led by Todd Boehly, Clearlake Capital, Mark Walter and Hansjoerg Wyss had agreed on terms to acquire the club's ownership.

Of the total investment, £2.5 billion will be used to buy a stake in Chelsea Club, which will be deposited into a frozen UK bank account and donated to charity.

In fact, as early as early March, Abu announced the sale of Chelsea and stated that he would not ask the club to repay the £1.5144 billion debt, and would donate 100% of the proceeds from the sale to charity, and Abu would not ask for a penny.

"I'm not going to ask for any loan repayment. For me, it was never a matter of business or money, but a pure love of the game and the club. Abu sale statement originally wrote in the original version.

Chelsea were priced at £2.5 billion, a huge sum that would go into a frozen British bank account. With a loan of 1.5 billion + a selling price of 2.5 billion, Abu is equivalent to giving up 4 billion pounds.

However, the UK government has ordered that transfers from this account need to be approved by the UK government. In other words, Abu's donation does not count, and everything is decided by the British authorities.

In addition, the new owner has pledged to invest a further £1.75 billion in Chelsea, including investments in Stamford Bridge, academy, women's team building and Kingsmeydo Stadium, as well as long-term funding for the Chelsea Foundation.

The transaction is expected to close by the end of May, subject to the approval of all relevant regulatory authorities. Chelsea will then provide more details.

Chelsea's official announcement has seen the emergence of 3 investors and 1 capital investment company, which are the main components of the Burleigh Consortium.

Among them, Todd Burleigh is an American businessman, who has invested in about 80 financial, sports, media, real estate, technology companies, and is also one of the shareholders of the Los Angeles Lakers and Los Angeles Dodgers, with a net worth of 3.6 billion pounds, ranking 637th in the 2022 Forbes Global Billionaires List.

Mark Walter is an American businessman, CEO of Guggenheim Partners Investments, and one of the owners of the Los Angeles Dodgers, currently worth $3.9 billion. Hans Jorge-Weiss is a Swiss billionaire who is currently worth $5 billion.

With the acquisition of Chelsea by American capital, the Premier League American club +1. In the BIG6 giants, Manchester United, Liwu, Arsenal and Chelsea are all controlled by American capital.

Chelsea's Abu era is over, but any Chelsea fan with three views and a normal mind will thank Abu and remember everything Abu has done.

From 2003 to 2022, in this magnificent 19 years of the Blue Bridge, Abu spent 2.1 billion pounds on Chelsea just by investing in reinforcements, counting the expenditure on hiring 13 coaches, upgrading training bases, and building a youth training system.

Chelsea also won 21 trophies, including 5 Premier League titles, 2 Champions League titles, 1 Club World Cup, 2 Europa League titles, 1 UEFA Cup, 5 FA Cup titles, 3 League Cup titles and 2 Community Shield titles.

Chelsea have won titles in all the events they have played, achieving a Grand Slam of Honor and truly joining the ranks of The European giants. Abu Juju is great, and Entong is rebuilt.

Chelsea players are grateful, Chelsea fans are grateful. Legendary Captain Terry, whose social media still preserves a photo with Abu: "The Best Boss". The number of likes has reached 152,000.

British lawmaker Chris Bryant once asked Terry to delete the group photo, Terry not only did not delete it, but also replied to the mp when replying to netizens: "It is this parliamentarian who uses taxpayers' money to seek a lot of property for himself." It was he, too, who voted for our invasion of Iraq. A clown. ”

After the Burleigh consortium reached an agreement to buy Chelsea, many Chelsea fans posted pictures on social media to thank Abu.

Thank you, Abu! Because of you, we won everything.

Thanks to Abu for all that he has done for our club, Chelsea fans will never forget.

Blue for a day, blue for life, Roman Abramovich.

Welcome Burley, say goodbye to Abu and thank him for his gentlemanly 19 years.

Once again, from the bottom of my heart, I would like to thank Mr. Bu a lot. You will always be part of our Chelsea family! It will always be Romain Abramovich's Chelsea!

Brother Meow doesn't want to take another screenshot, look again, I really want to cry

One last two wishes: one is that Chelsea will be smooth, the club, the players and the fans will not have the slightest fault, they should not bear all kinds of suffering and torture. May the cloth always be safe, healthy and joyful, and the world be at an early peace!

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