Chelsea’s takeover is being held up by concerns over the future of Stamford Bridge, sources have told The Mail on Sunday.
Bidders for the club are struggling to make the maths work on bids of around £2.5billion because of a potential requirement to renovate the home ground — as opposed to moving elsewhere.
It has also emerged that another stage in the bidding process has been introduced, with one of the three interested parties to be eliminated this week. It was originally thought a preferred bidder would be chosen from the three remaining consortia.
‘Without moving the stadium, the sums don’t work,’ a source said.