Chelsea bidders hit with demand for extra funds to secure £2.5bn charity windfall

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Sky News has learnt Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich has told the three consortia vying to buy Chelsea FC they need to pay an additional £500m, which will be for charitable causes, to secure the football club.

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