Chelsea still keen on Stamford Bridge stay

Chelsea chairman Bruce Buck still hopes to stay at Stamford Bridge, and admits that offers were made to the Chelsea Pitch Owners association, who own 15,000 shares.

But Buck has hinted that Chelsea may have to leave Stamford Bridge if they cannot agree terms with the organization for any remaining shares in the club.

"We don't know necessarily that Chelsea has to move," he told Sky Sports News. "We haven't made a decision on moving.

"We're just trying to be open to the options if we make a decision that it is the best thing for Chelsea football club. But that decision has clearly not been made.

"My message to the CPO shareholders is that we would like them to consider the letter that I wrote and the documents we sent them and have a proper dialogue and ask me questions. I'm happy to clarify anything then vote for what they think is best for Chelsea football club.

"The responses that I get by email or people who stop me on the street are generally positive. There are people that are looking for clarification like 'why don't you consider tearing down the hotel or whatever'.

"I try to go in some detail to everyone how we've looked at Stamford Bridge and that it's very difficult to expend. If we did expand it would only be by a few thousand.

"I've also tried to explain to people that we've made no decision whatsoever. There's no conspiracy here. We've made no decision whatsoever that Chelsea is going to move. That's the truth.

"We're just trying to be good business people here. If an opportunity comes along that makes sense for Chelsea and by that mean the fans, the club and the players we want to be in a position to be able to consider it rationally.

"Of the sites that have been mentioned in the newspapers several developers, and in certain cases, several sets of developers with the respect to the same site have come and talked to us and to the extent that a group of developers we view as bonafide we've listened to them because we feel we have an obligation to listen and learn and keep an open mind about anything and everything. Nothing, nothing has turned into really substantive discussion."