Normal people working here with no connections to Putin/Roman now left worrying if they'll be able to pay their bills for the foreseeable. This is not on them.
Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich has been officially sanctioned. All UK assets frozen: sale of the club on hold. No merchandise or ticket sale allowed. 🚨 #CFC
Statement also reports that “new contracts, player transfers or merchandise sales for Chelsea have been prohibited”.
Supported Chelsea for 45 years and can truly say have never felt so low. A man who truly loved the club as much as all of us and wasn't in it for the money like all others. He will be very sadly missed.
When Roman Abramovich became Chelsea owner in 2003, he instilled a culture of winning. If he decides to sell the club, whoever buys next must understand that Chelsea only exist to win silverware.
Here’s a proposal. The UK should sanction Roman Abramovich and his UK holding company. UK should then seize his UK assets, meaning Chelsea FC. And then sell it for multi-billion profit with revenue going to aid Ukraine.
NEW: Suitors of Chelsea FC are on high alert that billionaire Roman Abramovich is to sell the club
Sports investors and private equity firms have started to draw up potential takeover offers for the team https://t.co/6vKqt0kFvO
NEW: Suitors of Chelsea FC are on high alert that billionaire Roman Abramovich is to sell the club
Sports investors and private equity firms have started to draw up potential takeover offers for the team https://t.co/6vKqt0kFvO
Antonio Conte confirms he’s not leaving Tottenham: “No, I wasn’t close to resign after Burnley defeat. When I lose, if you expect that I am happy or to come to a press conference and laugh… I am not this person”. ⚪️ #THFC
“I am sorry if I show my disappointment”, he added.