The team confirmed on May 30 that the sale was finalized.Ĭompletion of the 2.5 billion pound ($3.2 billion) deal - the highest price ever paid for a sports team - follows a final agreement reached on May 28.Ībramovich was forced to sell the London club after being sanctioned by the British government for what it called his enabling of Russian President Vladimir Putin's “brutal and barbaric invasion” of Ukraine.
A consortium led by the part-owner of a professional baseball team in Los Angeles has completed its purchase of English soccer club Chelsea from Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich.
