Ever since Russia invaded Ukraine, the world system has not been normal. Things have change in our social and economic atmosphere and this include the sport world. Roman Abramovich, a Russian Billionaire and owner of the Premier league popular football club Chelsea, announced last week that He is stepping down and by so doing, putting the club on the market for sale.
News circulating is that, the CEO of Binance Chanpeng Zhao, who is the world’s richest cryptocurrency billionaire has turn down the offer to buy the football club as He claimed owning a football club is not one of His priorities.
However, it should be noted that Binance is very much link to the sports world and football in particular as they sponsored the African Cup of Nation 2021 that held in Cameroon and also the the Agentinian national team and the Italian serie A. Also, Binance has been involved with the launching of Fans token with clubs like SS Lazio, FC porto and others.
As of the moment, nothing is in the air ad neither Chelsea nor Binance has released any official statement considering the issue. However, what do you think a world leader in cryptocurrency and blockchain ecosystem owning the world’s champion and European champion will look like? Well we look forward to see what happens in the future.
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