Friday, 04 August 2023 6:59 pmAs a fan of Chelsea FC little old Betaville has been somewhat dismayed by the new (ish) American private equity ownership of the Premier League football club.
Saturday, 30 April 2022 10:37 amThe venerable Wall Street Journal is getting down and dirty with British sports hacks with a "scoop" about how Todd Boehly's consortium has been chosen to enter into "exclusive" discussions to buy Chelsea FC.
Friday, 29 April 2022 2:59 pmMatt Dickinson, a top sports writer on The Times, has landed a sensational and rare on the record scoop about a last minute bid for Chelsea FC from Sir Jim Ratcliffe, the chemical tycoon who founded Ineos.
Tuesday, 19 April 2022 10:59 amApparently, George Osborne has landed a role for uber dealmakers Robey Warshaw on the £3 billion Chelsea Football Club deal.
Friday, 01 April 2022 10:59 amApologies for the tardy update on the Chelsea FC situation Betavillers; I have been a bit busy digging out stories on some rather larger public companies recently.
Monday, 14 March 2022 5:11 pmFootball hacks at The Times are reporting that a consortium headed up by US financier Todd Boehly and British property developer Jonathan Goldstein has emerged as the "leading contender" to buy Chelsea FC.
Tuesday, 08 March 2022 9:30 amAnother day, another bidder - or two - for Chelsea FC, the Premier League football club put on the block by Roman Abramovich.
Wednesday, 02 March 2022 6:19 pmWow that was quick - now the rumours have been confirmed by Mr Abramovich himself in a are public statement (see below).
Wednesday, 02 March 2022 6:06 pmYou know the rumours about a potential sale of Chelsea FC are serious when the venerable Wall Street Journal finally decides to get on the story.
Monday, 04 November 2019 6:00 pmIs Nick Candy planning to turn the former exhibition centre at Earls Court into a new stadium for Chelsea Football Club?
Saturday, 24 August 2019 12:08 pmIt would appear Betaville spoke (or is it wrote) too soon about the current lack of summer football M&A stories involving top-end Premier League clubs.
Thursday, 06 December 2018 9:21 pmFootball M&A tends to operate in parallel universe to standard City dealmaking. Well, at least that's what Betaville has experienced over the last decade of covering mergers and acquistions for the business sections of some of Britain's top newspapers.
Monday, 27 August 2018 11:19 amLet's face it - one of the biggest busiess/sport/politcial (?) stories of the weekend was the The Sunday Times mega scoop about Roman Abramovich hiring advisers from Raine to carry out a "strategic review" (banker parlance for sale) of Chelsea Football Club after receiving multiple bids.
