Yet, in the absence of further details, focus has inevitably fixed upon the two more recognisable figures whose backing, while never formally confirmed by Broughton and Coe, is now accepted as a core component of the group’s offer. Vivek Ranadive, the owner of the perennially struggling NBA basketball team Sacramento Kings, has been named as one of those involved.Īt some point, their full roster will be revealed. They apparently have support from Creative Artists Agency and Evolution Media Capital, a sports advisory and financing partnership. Investment banker Michael Klein, a long-revered dealmaker on Wall Street, is thought to have advised the group.

They have presumably honoured their pledge to be “completely transparent” as to the make-up of their investors in the talks with Raine Group but, as yet, have publicly kept schtum on the sources of their money. It is comprised of highly capitalised individuals from “four or five continents”, according to Broughton, former chairman of British Airways and, briefly, Liverpool. It is worth acknowledging from the outset that the consortium put together by Sir Martin Broughton and fronted by Lord Coe, Chelsea fans both, apparently calls on financial backing from all corners of the globe. Now to Sir Martin Broughton’s bid and, in particular, its principal backers Blitzer and Harris… We began with the Ricketts family and Griffin, and then looked at the Boehly-led consortium. The Athletic is profiling the four bidders.

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