Hamilton: ‘I’ve been supporting Arsenal for 6 years but it’s an opportunity to buy Chelsea’

Lewis Hamilton and Serena Williams strongly back Martin Broughton’s bid to buy Chelsea and are each investing €12m to top up the fund, and that made a lot of sense as the seven-time F1 world champion has never hidden his sympathy for another London team: Arsenal .

Max Ferstappen took a negative stance with him on the subject The Dutch Red Bull driver said that as a friend of Eindhoven he would not buy traditional PSV rivals like Ajaxwhile emphasizing that if he were to buy a team, he would take the majority stake to make the decisions, and not a small stake.

Shortly after the Dutchman’s critical words, Hamilton gave his answer, making it clear that he is above all a man who loves sport and football in particular, who wants to offer the king of sport in every respect.

“I’ve been a football fan since I was a kid. I played football with all the kids and I was the only black kid in the group. All the kids supported something different. One was Tottenham, the other Manchester United.

I remember switching between those two teams when I was young and coming home to my sister Sam slapping me on the shoulder several times and telling me to support Arsenal. That’s how I became an Arsenal fan when I was 5 or 6 years old.

But my uncle Terry is a big Chelsea fan and I’ve watched several Arsenal and Chelsea games with him. After all, I’m a sports fan. Football is the biggest sport in the world and Chelsea is one of the biggest clubs and one of the most successful.

As I thought about the opportunity, I said, “Wow, this is one of the most amazing opportunities to be a part of something so amazing.”Hamilton emphasized in a press conference on Friday (April 22) with regard to his participation in the Imola Grand Prix.

The British star pilot pointed out that the consortium’s values ​​are in line with his own and that if this bid is won, a long-term project will be undertaken, with both success and financial viability being key elements.

“Of course, the idea of ​​investing is never to lose money. I want to be a part of something, lead this team that is moving forward, contribute to an improvement and make sure it doesn’t happen by slowly reducing this loss and transforming Chelsea into a profit-only organisation.

There isn’t a single part of this consortium that has the mentality to lose. “I really think Chelsea already have a winning mentality but we can do better.”