More than 100 Chelsea fans protested against the Ricketts family ahead of Saturday’s Premier League game against Brentford on Saturday afternoon. Chelsea Fans’ group ‘We Are The Shed’ urged fans to express their feelings and resentments against Ricketts family during the match.
The Ricketts family is negotiating with the club over their bid. But Chelsea fans urge the club to reject their bid, after leaked emails from Tom Ricketts’s father Joe, where he says Muslims are ‘my natural enemy’.
Chelsea fans have voiced concerns consistently on social media, and now the CST has added further weight to those worries.
“At present, it is clear that our membership neither supports nor has confidence in the Ricketts family’s bid for the club,” read a statement. “The CST Board is guided by our membership, and thus we do not currently believe it is in the best interests of our members for the Ricketts family’s bid to succeed.
“We await further public detail from the Ricketts family on concrete steps they will take to address the well-documented concerns of Chelsea supporters.
“Should the Ricketts publicly set out clear and detailed plans on how they will address support concerns, we may survey our members again in the next week.”
