Who’s who in the team expected to take control at Stamford Bridge

Todd Boehly

The face of the bid, Boehly is partowner of the Los Angeles Dodgers with a net worth of almost £5billion. He had a £2.2billion offer for Chelsea turned down three years ago and also came close to buying Tottenham Hotspur in 2014 with Cain Hoy Enterprises, refusing to meet Daniel Levy’s valuation.

He expanded his sporting empire last year by buying a 27 per cent stake in the LA Lakers with Dodgers co-owner Mark Walter. Boehly, not shy about his ambition of becoming the latest American owner of a Premier League club, told Bloomberg in 2019: “When I was growing up [we had] Pac-man, Donkey Kong, but certainly I didn’t know about Man United, I didn’t know about Chelsea, I didn’t know about Tottenham. Kids these days are fully aware of what’s the best and the Premier League is the best. I continue to believe there is a global opportunity for the best clubs.”

Hansjorg Wyss

Became the first bidder to go public with his interest in March, but he has been largely silent since it was confirmed that he had joined forces with Boehly, with whom he has previously made a 10-figure investment. Swiss-born Wyss – worth £3.8billion according to Forbes’s real-time tracker of the world’s billionaires – has no known track record in major sport and is arguably most notable for pledging to give away half his fortune. The Bernborn 86-year-old made the promise a year after selling his medical device company for $19.7billion (£15.6 billion). Since then, the United States-based philanthropist and environmentalist’s net worth has fallen from a high of about $8.7billion (£6.9billion), according to Forbes.

Jonathan Goldstein

Runs property investment firm Cain International, which Boehly cofounded and which manages $10.8billion (£8.6billion) in assets. He was also part of Boehly’s previous bids to buy Chelsea and Spurs and is a lifelong fan of the latter club. Goldstein, who used to own the Prezzo chain of restaurants and is a former chairman of the Jewish Leadership Council, had been the mystery third man in the Boehly wyss-led consortium until Telegraph Sport disclosed his identity. He could be instrumental in revamping Stamford Bridge or the construction of a new home for the European champions.

Clearlake Capital

Based in California, Clearlake is led by billionaires Jose E Feliciano and Behdad Eghbali. The investment firm has more than £60billion of assets under management. It could end up with the biggest shareholding in Chelsea, although Boehly would continue to be the face of the consortium.