Antony Ressler, owner of the Atlanta Hawks, one of the NBA teams, aspired to buy Chelsea.
As a result of the sanctions imposed on businessmen with ties to Vladimir Putin after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Chelsea’s boss Roman Abramovich reported that he first handed over the management and then put the club for sale. But Abramovich’s sales plan didn’t go as he expected. The British government, which blocked the assets of the Russian billionaire, commissioned the investment bank Raine Group for the sale of Chelsea.
According to the news of The Sun; American businessman Antony Ressler held a secret meeting with Raine Group officials in the city of Memphis.
Owner of the Atlanta Hawks, one of the NBA teams, 61-year-old Ressler is no stranger to football. Ressler, who is among the founders of the company named ‘Ares Management’, made a £115 million investment in Inter Miami, one of the MLS teams, last year.
