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FILE PHOTO: Swiss medical device company Synthes Chairman of the board Hansjoerg Wyss attends the annual news conference of his company in Oberdorf, near Basel, February 18, 2009. REUTERS
Swiss business tycoon Hansjoerg Wyss worth $5.8bn is considering buying football club Chelsea from Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich worth US$ 13 billion, Wyss told Swiss newspaper Blick.
"Abramovich is currently trying to sell all his villas in England. He also wants to get rid of Chelsea quickly now. I, along with three other people, received an offer on Tuesday to buy Chelsea from Abramovich," Blick quoted Wyss as saying in an interview published on Wednesday.
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