Britain’s richest man is Sir Jim Ratcliffe. He was linked with the club back in 2019 and had this to say about Roman Abramovich’s £3 billion valuation of Chelsea:
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“Even though clubs have those valuations today, nobody has ever paid those amounts of money.
“How much did Abramovich pay for Chelsea, £100 million? The Glazers, what £500 million? You can say it’s worth three, four billion but no one has ever paid those sums.
“Ineos (Ratcliffe’s chemicals company) has always tried to take a sensible approach. We don’t like squandering money or we wouldn’t be where we are today. It’s part of our DNA, trying to spend sensibly.”
Ratcliffe interestingly, has been a lifelong Man United fan but holds a Chelsea season ticket.
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