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Despite Nearly $5 Billion Chelsea Loss, Lewis Hamilton Looks to Shift Gears to This Minted Soccer Franchise Instead

Published 11/22/2022, 6:30 AM EST

Lewis Hamilton is a true sports fanatic, besides being a competitor. His love for sports besides F1 is quite evident in his off-court activities. Recently Hamilton has been keen to bid for major Premier League clubs. While his joint bid for Chelsea failed, there are rumors he might get involved in a bid for Manchester United.

Before the Dutch GP earlier this year, Hamilton spoke about his potential bid for taking over United in a joint bid with Sir Jim Ratcliffe.

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He said, “It’s the first time I’ve heard of it, so I haven’t had time to catch up with Jim since I was in Namibia, which I need to do because he goes to Namibia quite often.”

“Jim’s part boss but partner – I’d say we’re more partners because we’re in this together, and I hope in future to do something with Jim and build with him. I don’t know where that will be or what that will be, so I can’t really say.”

Lewis already has been a part of the Broughton consortium that tried buying Chelsea FC. Hamilton concluded, “I haven’t had a call from him [Jim] asking if I want to be involved in that (a United bid) just yet.”

“But I do want to get more and more involved in teams because I really do believe in black ownership, there is a lack of it in sports. And black equity, again, there is a real lack of that.”

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Hamilton has expressed he is an Arsenal fan, even with his involvement in bids for other clubs. His joint bid for Chelsea failed in May earlier this year.

Lewis Hamilton and his failed Chelsea takeover Bid

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Lewis Hamilton and Tennis superstar Serena Williams were part of the consortium aiming to buy Chelsea. Sir Martin Broughton led this consortium that also involved olympian Sebastian Coe.

Both Hamilton and Serena Williams each reportedly pledged $11.87 million to this bid. Although they lost the bid to Todd Boehly and Clearlake Capital-led consortium. Chelsea sealed this deal at approximately $5.03 billion in May 2022. But despite this setback, Lewis Hamilton looks keen to take over Man United.

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Only time will tell if Hamilton can succeed in taking over Manchester United. What do you think? Will we see Lewis Hamilton as a Manchester United owner?

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Aishwary Gaonkar is an F1 Author at EssentiallySports. Having completed his postgrad, he has set out to venture into the world of Sports Journalism. He is an ardent fan of F1 and has been following the most prestigious form of motor racing for over a decade now.

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Ranvijay Singh

Despite Nearly $5 Billion Chelsea Loss, Lewis Hamilton Looks to Shift Gears to This Minted Soccer Franchise Instead

Lewis Hamilton and his failed Chelsea takeover Bid

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