Jets owner Robert “Woody” Johnson is preparing to make a bid to buy Chelsea FC, according to ESPN‘s Adam Schefter. The Russian oligarch who owns the club, Roman Abramovich, is looking to sell for roughly £3 billion ($2.24 billion).
Abramovich’s decision to sell the club has been influenced by the pressure being applied to the United Kingdom’s government to seize assets of high-value Russians with links to Russia president Vladimir Putin’s regime after the country's invasion of Ukraine. Abramovich has repeatedly denied he has any ties to Putin, per ESPN.
Johnson has spoken to Raine Group and they are preparing a bid.