Roman Abramovich Eyes Audacious Bid for Valencia as Chelsea Sale Nears Completion

• Roman Abramovich plans to put in a bid for Spanish club, Valencia once the sale of Chelsea is completed, according to a rival bidder

• This comes after the Russian billionaire was forced to put Chelsea up for sale by the British government last month

• Spanish businessman, Miguel Zorio has put in a bid for Valencia and claims that Abramovich has shown interest in the same football team

You can take the man away from a football team but you can’t take football away from the man.

Just over a month after Roman Abramovich was forced to put Chelsea football club up for sale, the Russian oligarch has shown interest in another football team.

A business rival has revealed that the billionaire has put in a bid for Spanish football club, Valencia. Abramovich’s bid was revealed by Spanish businessman, Miguel Zorio who is also planning to buy the team.

Zorio claims that he put in a bid of £207.8 million, but alleges that the club’s current owner, Peter Lim, revealed that he has also received an offer from Abramovich.

Meanwhile, Chelsea is getting closer to being taken over by a new owner. Last month, the club selected four bidders to proceed to the next stage of bidding.

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US merchant bank, The Raine Group, which is in charge of the transfer, have given the bidding finalists a chance to finalize their proposal before a winner is selected.

Unlike the bid being put in for Valencia, an acquisition of Chelsea football club will reportedly cost over £2.5 billion. Once completed, it will be the most expensive acquisition of a football team ever.

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