The Sunday Times are reporting that Chelsea are up for sale at an asking price of £2 billion. That's a pretty hefty asking price for a club with the need for a new stadium. Chelsea are currently artificially funded by Abramovic loaning the club about £50m a season and loaning out about 50 players throughout Europe for significant loan fees. Given that UEFA intend to limit such loans to a maximum of 10 per club, that's going to cut down their current finance options considerably.
So, the new owner would need to pay off £1.2 billion in loans and spend £1 billion+ on a new stadium. If that comes on top of the asking price, I'd be amazed. The whole Chelsea Empire is so dodgy that it's hard to see any reputable business getting involved in a purchase based even loosely on the asking price, even if the loan was to be repaid. Recently, I found out that their credit insurance limit is less than £500. By contrast, Arsenal's is over £47 million. Basically, they have to pay cash for everything because the whole thing is so dodgy and riddled with debt that nobody Kosher trusts them with a red cent. Anyone who buys them is either dodgy as hell or paying **** all for it.