Chelsea's first black player, Paul Canoville, has become an influential figure in the club's takeover, with the former winger having met with controversial bidder Tom Ricketts last week.
Canoville, who played 103 times for Chelsea between 1981 and 1986, had voiced his opposition to the bid from the Ricketts family, whose patriarch Joe had to apologise in 2019 after calling Muslims 'my enemy' in leaked emails.
Canoville, 60, tweeted last Wednesday: 'I've seen and heard enough. I'm backing @ChelseaSTrust and saying a big fat anti-racism NO to the Ricketts bid!!'
However, his concerns appear to have been allayed in a one-hour meeting with Tom Ricketts - chairman of baseball's Chicago Cubs - at Stamford Bridge on Thursday.