Abu received a Bogacha chariot and was detained by Britain. Burlei took over Lukaku immediately called to leave the team

Recently, a new book that revealed the inside story of Chelsea's sales, "Sanctions: The inside story of Chelsea Football Club Sales", was released. The Daily Mail excerpted some of the contents of the book.

This is a relaxing anecdote compared to the cruel struggle. In February 2022, after Chelsea won the Club World Cup, Abu received a gift from the Abu Dhabi royal family at a celebration banquet. They knew Abu's love for cycling, so they gave him an Emirates Airlines bicycle, which was ridden by Pogacha, who won the 2020 Tour de France.

Abu transported the car to the UK by a private plane, but as he was sanctioned, the car was left in the UK.

Back to the team's sale issue, everyone knows that Burleigh won the Chelsea bid in the end, but at the last moment of the sale deadline, Ratcliffe tried to intervene in Chelsea's sale to Burleigh.

According to the description, Ratcliff called then-Chelsea president Bruce Barker in April 2022. During the meeting, Ratcliffe kept slapping his chest, saying that he had a note with a quote in his pocket. But in comparison, other consortiums carefully prepare 140 pages of documents.

Buck asked Ratcliffe to take out the note but failed, and the latter stressed that his offer would be entirely composed of British capital. Barker had to tell Ratcliffe that they had identified the first-choice bidder. On the morning of the same day, Ratcliff still requested a meeting with Rennes and formally made a 4.25 billion pound offer, the same as the other three bidders.

Ratcliff's actions apparently angered other bidders, and if Burley's consortium withdraws the bid at the time, Chelsea might have fallen into the abyss. Fortunately, Burley finally completed the acquisition.

The first call Burley received after acquiring Chelsea was said to be a representative from Lukaku, who told the Belgian striker that he would not stay at Stamford Bridge anyway.