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- Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich announced today that he would be putting the team up for sale
- Conor McGregor later tweeted that he is interested in being the club
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Earlier today, Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich confirmed that the team is for sale as a result of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. While the decision itself isn’t particularly surprising with the United Kingdom imposing sanctions on Russian oligarchs, there was a surprising revelation that came with the announcement.
Conor McGregor claims that he is interested in purchasing the team. He tweeted as much shortly after Abramovich’s statement.
I wish to explore this. @ChelseaFC pic.twitter.com/ABEjjCqhD7
— Conor McGregor (@TheNotoriousMMA) March 2, 2022
McGregor even followed that tweet up with one that contained a video of him as Chelsea’s owner on FIFA.
Push it to the limit! @ChelseaFC pic.twitter.com/UFZUGwnwbO
— Conor McGregor (@TheNotoriousMMA) March 2, 2022
It’s unclear how realistic this ambition actually is. McGregor has in the past expressed a desire to own Manchester United. Abramovich also values Chelsea at 3 billion pounds, which is quite a bit more money than even the UFC has made on all of his fights.
Still, that hasn’t prevented fans all over the internet from chiming in with jokes about McGregor’s interest.
When you hear Conor McGregor is interested in buying Chelsea pic.twitter.com/YvulV1TVv3
— ODDSbible (@ODDSbible) March 2, 2022
— NotSouthgate (@CFCMoneyMase_) March 2, 2022
The Chelsea Pensioners better start some self defense lessons pic.twitter.com/R12Z7PucfS
— Gwiggsy (@Gwiggss) March 2, 2022
Conor to the opposition team bus when Chelsea lose pic.twitter.com/eo2TiTnxCa
— Viorel 🇨🇦 (@viorelmarco) March 2, 2022
Thought you were buying Man Utd?
— BeanymanSports (@BeanymanSports) March 2, 2022
You ain’t got that cheddar.
— Dan McCarthy (@MaccaSport) March 2, 2022
Please buy the club. I would love to see the Premier League‘s chairman‘s and owners meeting when you rock up it would be legendary 🥊🇬🇧🇺🇦👍😂😂
— David Handley (@astondave1) March 2, 2022
Conor McGregor being involved in the ownership of one of world football’s biggest clubs might not be realistic, but it would certainly be entertaining if he found a way to make it happen.