Todd Boehly's £4.25billion takeover of Chelsea is reportedly set to be approved by the Premier League this week after the Government received promises from a former Unicef chief executive that Roman Abramovich will not benefit from the deal.
A consortium led by the US investor have agreed terms to end the Abramovich era but there was 'alarm' among ministers on Monday that the deal was at risk of 'falling apart' over the oligarch's alleged 'refusal to agree' to a proposed sale structure.
With the final deadline for a deal to go through a fortnight away, negotiations hit another snag over the £1.