A consortium around US investor Josh Harris reached an agreement last night with former owners Dan and Tanya Snyder to buy the club from the National Football League for $6.05 billion (more than €5.5 billion).
The previous record for the most expensive club was also held by the NFL’s Denver Broncos, at $4.65 billion (€4.35 billion). Chelsea moved to American Todd Bohle last year for 4.9 billion euros, but there were investments worth 2 billion euros.
“We are delighted to have reached agreement for the sale of Leaders with Josh Harris and his fantastic group of partners,” said Dan and Tanya Snyder. “We look forward to completing the sale soon and supporting Josh and the team for years to come.” in the current situation.
The NFL has not yet approved the sale, but that would be just a formality.
For Josh Harris, it will be the third American sports team he owns (partially). He also owns shares in the Philadelphia 76ers basketball team and the New Jersey Devils ice hockey team. The leaders have missed the playoffs for the past two years and made it past the first round in 2005.
