Nice owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe not interested in Chelsea now after commenting on price tag

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Chelsea despite Roman Abramovich putting the club up for sale.It had been claimed that the wealthiest man in Britain was considering putting in an offer via his Ineos empire - but fresh reports have thrown cold water on the idea.The £20billion business tycoon currently owns Ligue 1 side Nice and Swiss Super League side Lausanne-Sport - but he's not interested in buying in the Premier League.Before this, the 69-year-old had made comments about the price that the current owner paid for the west London side.Radcliffe told The Times in 2019: "Even though clubs have those valuations today, nobody has ever paid those amounts of money."How much did Abramovich pay for Chelsea, £100million?

The Glazers, what £500million? You can say it's worth three, four billion but no one has ever paid those sums."Ineos has always tried to take a sensible approach.

We don't like squandering money or we wouldn’t be where we are today. It's part of our DNA, trying to spend sensibly."Despite his words three years ago, Radcliffe, a Stamford Bridge season ticket holder, was linked to buying the club this week following the announcement from Abramovich on Wednesday.However, fresh reports have squashed rumours of a takeover, saying the financier and industrialist is not interested in purchasing the club.

Journalist Simon Evans confirmed on Twitter: “Spokesman for Jim Ratcliffe tells Reuters there is ’no substance’ to reports that he is considering buying Chelsea from Roman Abramovich.” Billionaire Abramovich confirmed on Wednesday that he would be selling the club, with a price tag of around £4billion, after an 18-year successful tenure, and all net proceeds from the sale would be donated to victims of the war in Ukraine.His statement read: “As I have.