With the deadline for any Chelsea bids required by Friday evening, we take a look at the latest state of play and possible consortiums who could submit their offers. It is a unique situation for many reasons, but especially that a club like Chelsea does not become available on the open market very often, if ever. They are one of the biggest clubs in the world – the world and European champions – so there is a lot of interest. However, they are under a variety of restrictions after the UK government and the EU sanctioned owner Roman Abramovich following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The club cannot sell tickets to games or sell merchandise and are restricted on how much they can spend on any given game day. There are lots of people jockeying for position with Chelsea, lots of people finalising the fine details of the consortium that they are putting together. Here are how some of the main runners and riders are shaping up ahead of Friday’s deadline. The Ricketts family The Americ