Larry Tanenbaum and Eduardo Saverin, the Facebook co-founder, are understood to have agreed to back Steve Pagliuca's multibillion pound takeover bid for the Stamford Bridge club, Sky News learns.
Mr Saverin and Raj Ganguly, two co-founders of investment firm B Capital Group, are both understood to have agreed to back Mr Pagliuca.
One source close to Mr Pagliuca's bid said that Mr Tanenbaum's work on combating antisemitism was likely to be well-received by Roman Ambramovich, the Chelsea owner who has been hit by UK government sanctions following Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The Premier League is expected to take the remainder of this month to evaluate those involved in the bids - who include a string of US billionaires and pillars of the British corporate establishment - and its work to approve all four consortia means the process may need to be extended.
They have all been told they must provide legal undertakings that they will guarantee at least £1bn of investment in the club's infrastructure, its academy and women's team if they acquire it in the coming weeks. Arsenal, Liverpool and Manchester United have all been acquired by US-based businessmen during that period, and a significant number of other top-flight clubs also have American backing.
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