A week after Mexican authorities captured notorious Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, Diario Sport (via FoxSoccer.com's Jamie Trecker) reported the billionaire had previously expressed interest in purchasing English Premier League side Chelsea.
According to Diario Sport, Mexican authorities divulged findings that confirmed Guzman was "seriously looking into purchasing" the club.
But as Trecker explained, the Premier League's "fit and proper person" test would have undoubtedly squashed Guzman's bid to buy one of the world's most prestigious squads.
As the Telegraph's Steve Wilson explained in 2009, the league conceptualized and instituted the rule in 2004 "as a way of safeguarding clubs against falling into the ownership of unscrupulous owners.