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LONDON (Reuters) -The owners of U.S. baseball team the Chicago Cubs have teamed up with Citadel founder Ken Griffin to work on a bid to buy English Premier League soccer club Chelsea, Sky News reported on Wednesday.

Sky reported the Cubs' owners, the Ricketts family, and Griffin have formed an investment group which is set to make a formal offer for the London club on Friday.

Chelsea were initially put up for sale by its owner Roman Abramovich following Russia's invasion of Ukraine before sanctions were imposed on the Russian oligarch by the British government. The European champions are currently operating under a special licence and are now effectively controlled by the British government.

Abramovich bought the club in 2003 for a reported 140 million pounds . He had funded Chelsea via 1.5 billion pounds in total loans through Fordstam Limited, the entity through which he owns the club. His investment resulted in the most successful era in their history as they won five Premier League titles, five FA Cups and the Champions League twice.The club are third in the league standings -- 11 points behind leaders Manchester City -- while they are set to play Lille in the Champions League last-16 second leg later on Wednesday.

 

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