A great leader and the head of London's Chelsea and Leeds United Ken Bates from his life in 94 years. In its official statement, the London club reported that the functionary died peacefully on Saturday in France in Monaco in the honor of Suzanne and his homeland.

Representatives of the club and the Chelsea Charitable Foundation expressed deep sentiments, saying that Ken’s determination to fight for the team at such an important time will never be forgotten, and he will also be one of the most important figures in the current.

Bates, who was born on the outskirts of London and was so fond of Oldham and became the leader of Wigan Athletic, once again entered the history of football with his arrival at Stamford Bridge. In 1982, we added a club that had been in the Other Division and in other significant borgs, for a symbolic 1 pound sterling. Yogo Zusilla helped to save the team from bankruptcy, save the historic home arena and radically restore it.

Under his leadership and with the participation of coaches such as Glenn Hoddle, Ruud Gullit, Gianluca Vialli and Claudio Ranieri, Chelsea have returned to the glory of English football. With Bates himself, the team completed a 26-year pause without victory, winning the English Cup in 1997, and then replenished the club museum with two English Cups, a League Cup, a UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, a UEFA Super Cup and a Super Cup..

In 2003, Bates sold the club to Roman Abramovich for 140 million pounds sterling, after which he lost his head until his residual income in 2004.. Around the work in Chelsea, the functionary took over the plantings of the Football Forest and at the last hour approved the project of renovating the National Stadium at Wembley in 1997.. Later, since 2005, he started a new side of his career as the leader of Leeds United.

Yorkshire's period was extremely turbulent: in 2006, the team lost the play-off final to the Championship, and then, through financial problems, the transition to external management is at the forefront of its history..

Prote Bates joined the consortium that bought the club and helped Leeds return to the Championship in 2010. For example, at the end of 2012, he sold his shares, and in late 2013, he left the post of the honorary president, having completed his rich and intense football activity.