Chelsea

The defending UCL champions move one step closer to a repeat.

Then, in the 71st minute, Chelsea made the hosts pay for their misses as César Azpilicueta scored to put the result out of reach. After going down a goal thanks to Burak Yilmaz's 38th-minute penalty kick, Chelsea found the motivation needed to kick things into a higher gear. Chelsea moves on to the quarterfinals as the English club looks to repeat as Champions League titleholder.

This comes as final bids will have to be drafted ahead of their submission on March 18th. As per the Telegraph, Chelsea's desperation for a quick sale means ...

As per the Telegraph, Chelsea’s desperation for a quick sale means that groups have been warned their first offer may be treated as their last. Potential Chelsea bidders have been warned that their first bid could be the last ahead of Friday's deadline. Chelsea Bidders Warned By Raine Group That First Bid Could Be Last Due to Desire for Quick Sale

All your latest Chelsea headlines on Friday, March 18 with updates on Gary Neville, England and the Champions League quarter-final draw.

So they have to somehow work out a way, bids by Friday is sort of the word on the street." This is the role we see ourselves in this round of eight. Speaking on the Gary Neville podcast, he said: "Chelsea have to be allowed to be sold. Neville says the Government must ease the restrictions they have placed on Chelsea in order for a sale to go through. "The Government has to ease their restrictions to allow the club to be sold and they have to ease their restrictions to allow the club to be operated so that they don't go bust. There are a long list of parties interested in buying the west London club.

Chelsea, beset by so much off-field turmoil, reminded everyone on Wednesday how ruthlessly efficient the club remains on the pitch.

There was, nevertheless, a degree of passivity on show here. Because this mentality is installed over years and years, over the decades, that's why it is possible that we can stay focused. Yet they kept winning.

Deadline day is Friday for bids to be submitted to buy Chelsea and end the 19-year ownership of Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich. This is a sale enforced on ...

That commitment was made as pressure grew on Abramovich following the start of the war three weeks ago but before he was sanctioned. The Raine Group, a New York-based investment bank. The family fortune was made by Joe Ricketts as chairman of electronic trading platform TD Ameritrade. His son, Tom Ricketts, is Cubs chairman. Before being sanctioned, Abramovich had said the proceeds would go into a foundation "for the benefit of all victims of the war in Ukraine." Abramovich didn't specify if Russians impacted could also benefit, and he has yet to condemn the war or Putin. But it can only proceed with the approval of the British government, which is allowing the club to continue playing through a special license restricting its ability to spend and generate income. This is a sale enforced on the oligarch after he was sanctioned by the British government for his close links to Russian President Vladimir Putin following the invasion of Ukraine.

It won't just be hard cash that determines the future of one of world football's most prized assets.