Chelsea fans plan a Stamford Bridge protest against the Ricketts family

Chelsea fans have take to social media to announce their plans to protest against the club's potential new owner Tom Ricketts at Stamford Bridge on Saturday.

The US-based family, who own the Chicago Cubs MLB baseball team, have entered a bid to take over the club from Roman Abramovich.

However, the Chelsea fanbase have shared their concern over the Ricketts after comments discriminatory comments resurfaced.

The supporters group took to Twitter to release a graphic that read: 'We can no longer just stand around, we must now stand together! #NotoRickettsprotest'.

They outlined the reason behind their protest by saying: 'The protest against Ricketts family and their bid for Chelsea Football Club is based on the following.

'1/ Peter Ricketts – ‘The problem I have with you people’ when addressing black community leaders back in 2020.

'2/ In leaked emails, Joe Ricketts claimed that Muslims were enemies, and that Islam is a ‘thing of evil’ and ‘not a religion’. The leaked emails also included denouncing Islam as a cult and mocking racist jokes.

'3/ Todd Ricketts referred to COVID-19 as the ‘Kung-flu’ weeks before President Trump’s rally.

'4/ Pete Ricketts is also against same-sex marriage, which massively contradicts Chelsea FC’s work with the LGBTQ+ community.

'When speaking in 2013 about Laura Ricketts, a leader in Chicago’s ‘gay rights movement’ he said: ‘My sister is gay, but I disagree with her on this issues’.

'5/ Despite Pete reportedly not being directly on the board, his public viewpoints being related back to Chelsea FC and tarnishing the club’s image is a great concern.

'We believe these points were overlooked, due to a working relationship that exists between the Raine Group and The Ricketts, a conflict of interest that has seen them make the shortlist.

'We therefore call on the Government, Premier League and Chelsea FC to remove The Ricketts from the process.