Roman Abramovich has put Chelsea up for sale and wants around £3billion for the club.
Chelsea believe a sale to a US tycoon is their best route, despite Swiss billionaire Hansjorg Wyss claiming he has been offered the chance to join a £2bn consortium with 'six or seven' other investors to buy the club.
Russian oligarch Abramovich has previously turned down offers worth £2.2bn for Chelsea, while the club’s debt to him is £1.51bn.
It is believed a US merchant bank has been put in charge of selling the club.
Wyss, an 86-year-old medical magnate worth a reported £4.