Who are billionaires who want to buy Chelsea?

The Ricketts Family

Bid leader: Tom Ricketts, 56, American. Lowdown: Chairman of Chicago Cubs, former minority stakeholder in Derby County. Bid members: Ricketts and three siblings, and hedge-fund billionaire Ken Griffin. Good for the money? The Ricketts have assets worth around £6m and Griffin is worth around £20bn. Star quality: The Ricketts family are close to Donald Trump, personally and politically.

Team Boehly

Bid leader: Todd Boehly, 46, American. Lowdown: Billionaire investor who owns stakes in LA Dodgers and LA Lakers.

Bid members: Swiss billionaire Hansjorg Wyss, British lawyer Jonathan Goldstein and US investment firm Clearlake Capital. Good for the money? Boehly had a £2.2bn bid for Chelsea rejected in 2019. Clearlake have £46bn of assets. Wyss is worth £4bn.

Star quality: PR legend Barbara Charone, who masterminded Madonna’s career.

The Broughton bid

Bid leader: Sir Martin Broughton, 74, British. Lowdown: Former chairman of British Airways, and, briefly, Liverpool FC. Bid members: Lord Sebastian Coe and unnamed billionaires.

Good for the money? Unknown. Star quality: Aside from four-time Olympic medalist Coe, the bid has the backing of the CAA talent agency that represents stars of NFL and NBA. Blue Football Consortium Bid leader: Nick Candy, 49, British. Lowdown: Property developer, married to Australia actress Holly Valance. Bid members: Mostly unnamed ‘high net worth backers’ from UK, Europe, USA and Korea, including Hana financial group. Good for the money? Candy’s property fortune along with his brother Christian is around £1.5bn. Star quality: Gianluca Vialli, a former Chelsea striker, and manager, who has won European silverware. Saudi Media Group (SMG)

Bid leader: Mohamed Alkhereiji, 50, Saudi Arabian. Lowdown: Saudi businessman who studied in London. Long-time Chelsea fan. Bid members: Unclear whether SMG’s parent company Engineer Holding, will act alone, but local reports claim other Saudi entities part of a consortium. Good for the money? Alkhereiji is a billionaire, so yes. Star quality: No western celebs involved but he has been pictured with

Saudi’s de facto ruler Mohammed bin Salman, accused of ordering the 2018 murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.