Abramovich knocks back approach to buy Chelsea - reports


FILE PHOTO: Russian billionaire and owner of Chelsea football club Roman Abramovich arrives at Commercial Court in London January 19, 2012. REUTERS/Olivia Harris//File Photo

(Reuters) - Britain's richest man has had a bid to buy Chelsea football club turned down by Roman Abramovich, according to British media reports.

The Daily Mail reported that Jim Ratcliffe, the chairman and chief executive of multinational petrochemicals group Ineos, expressed an interest in the Premier League club which the Russian has owned for 15 years.

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