We Didn’t Have Time To React To Chelsea’s Offer For Gittens – BvB

Borussia Dortmund director Lars Ricken has come out to explain why Chelsea’s attempt to sign Jamie Gittens failed before the Club World Cup. He recently had his say while speaking to the press, and fans have been reacting.

According to him, Chelsea‘s offer came at a very short notice before the Club World Cup tournament, so BvB didn’t have enough time to react to the bid.

Ricken added that a transfer of such magnitude will only be finalized when all parties are happy.

His words, “Of course, there was an offer, but it came at such short notice, meaning we as a club wouldn’t have had time to react. In the end, a transfer like this has to be a good fit for all parties – for the player, for the receiving club, and also for us. We’re not known for letting our players go for less than they’re worth, and that applies to Jamie too.”

WOW.

Chelsea Football Club is an English professional football club based in Fulham, West London. Founded in 1905, they play their home games at Stamford Bridge.

The club competes in the Premier League, the top division of English football. They won their first major honour, the League championship, in 1955. The club won the FA Cup for the first time in 1970, their first European honour, the Cup Winners’ Cup, in 1971, and became the third English club to win the Club World Cup in 2022.

On 7 May 2022, Chelsea confirmed that terms have been agreed for a new ownership group, led by Todd Boehly, Clearlake Capital, Mark Walter and Hansjörg Wyss, to acquire the club. The group was later known as BlueCo.

The UK government approved the £4.25bn takeover, ending Abramovich’s 19-year ownership of the club. Bruce Buck, who served as chairman since 2003, was replaced by Boehly, while long-serving club director and de facto sporting director Marina Granovskaia left, as did Petr Čech from the role of technical and performance advisor.