Ricketts Family makes moves after fans protest against their bid to take over Chelsea

The Ricketts family has been named the favourite to take over Chelsea from Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich.

However, the family’s bid has been met with protests by Chelsea fans who don’t want the family to be in charge at Stamford Bridge.

However, Tom, leader of the billionaire family, in a statement has promised to put ‘diversity and inclusion at the heart of the club’ should the takeover bid fronted by his family be successful.

During Chelsea’s match against Brentford on Saturday, hundreds of the club’s supporters staged a protest.

The supporters are against the Ricketts family being named as the new owners of the club as the #NoToRicketts campaign gathered significant momentum.

The protest is mainly because of their father, Joe Ricketts’ historic Islamophobic comments in 2019, which Tom and Laura Ricketts have been working hard to erase as they try to build links with Chicago’s Muslim community.

Brother, Pete Ricketts has also been linked to anti-LGBTQ sentiment but is not part of the Chelsea bid.

The family released a statement in response to the protest, saying, “Over the past fortnight, our bid team has met with several supporter groups to explain our vision for Chelsea Football Club.

“In those meetings, and by letter to all groups, we have shared a set of specific commitments we will make to fans if our bid is successful.

“We believe these are far-reaching and certainly include an absolute commitment on the part of the Ricketts Family and the bid team to put diversity and inclusion at the heart of the club.”