Ex-Sunderland, West Ham and Manchester City and Portsmouth man Tal Ben Haim involved in £20 billion bid to buy Premier League giants

Ben Haim was on loan at Sunderland during the 2008-09 season.

The defender made his debut away to Arsenal in the February of that season but found it difficult to break into the side.

The ex-Chelsea man was limited to only five appearances in a Sunderland shirt and returned to Manchester City at the end of the campaign.

However, according to talkSPORT, Ben Haim is involved with mystery investors, who have tabled £20 billion to purchase Chelsea, with a pledge of an additional £500m in funding.It is claimed that the former Portsmouth defender has a key involvement in the bid, with interested parties having been set a deadline of last Friday to declare their intent.

Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Chelsea is currently up for sale amid sanctions against Russian-Israeli billionaire Roman Abramovich, who owns the cub.

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