No holding you back there with all those replies, did you just drink a can of fizzy pop?Basically you’re worried about going down right? I get ya.
How will the club afford them?
“SURPRISEEEEE!’
Chelsea FC “No really. You shouldn’t have “
Pretty much. So he isn’t going to sell and walk away with zero is he?
He’ll now need to stay until this is resolved..
“Hey Vlad! Just sorted the new gaz line out. Steal works in Mariupol going well, Rubles galore LOLZ! Speak soon. Tommy T says hi “
Very much doubt it. Why will he even sell now when he’ll get nothing at all?!
What’s the incentive?
Not all of them but yes. They need tagging.
Half empty and restrictions on who can sign in?
Yeah agreed. This is such a mess for the club and if I’m honest think it’ll get worse before it gets better.
Roman Abramovich plans to sell Chelsea | SOLD for £4.25BN
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I am not saying that’s ok mate. I would love all this owners corrupting the game to leave personally but no governments had problems with Russia before they invaded an European country, they won’t start to sanction every one now and they can’t anyway as Europe don’t have oil or gas. They are sanctioning as they can and Abramovich has ties with Putin, like it or not, even if he doesn’t support the war personally.
Not at all. He talked about the money going to the 'victims' which could very well mean that it all goes to Russians and/or any territories that Russia claims from Ukraine when the dust settles. Weasel words.
Ideally neither of them should be allowed to own a club. This is better than nothing.
"You'll never sing that. You'll never sing that. Sanctioned by the government, you'll never sing that."
I did hold back. I didn’t tag the idiots defending RA or those puffing their chests out laughing at the thread at the start.
Complicit.
Are the British government technically the current owners of Chelsea?
I hope the PL has run them through the fit and proper owners tests.
I hope the PL has run them through the fit and proper owners tests.
Pretty soon pal, it seems.
I would hope my principles stretch beyond that.
They left the sale in place and the buyers are undeterred. All this means is Roman cannot profit from the sale.
So begs the question; will he sell?
And buyers now will be wise to wait and reduce bids..
WOW - No sale of tickets or merch going forward
In my view british football clubs are cultural institutions and should be protected, the government shouldn't be allowing people like this to buy our clubs in the first place. They are imposing sanctions on russian businessmen as part of an overall moral stand against russia while ignoring wrong doing elsewhere.
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Terrible analogy. There was a Chelsea before Abramovich... Now there might not be one through no fault of the fans.
Who gets the money for the sale in these circumstances? I can't see that it would be Chelsea who get it - because then the buyer would just be getting the money straight back, and they only let the Glazers do that it seems.
Will the British government just hoover it up?
Well, thanks BoJo.
This has aged well
Chelsea could have 15 points deducted, they'd still finish in top 4 before us or Spurs.
Wasn't that just profits?
Are there people on here complaining about what Is fair ?
yesterday a maternity and children hospital got bombed. That’s pretty fecking unfair !!
And if abramovichs steel company really supplies the Russian military then losing Chelsea should be the least of concerns
yesterday a maternity and children hospital got bombed. That’s pretty fecking unfair !!
And if abramovichs steel company really supplies the Russian military then losing Chelsea should be the least of concerns
Sorry but this whole Russian thing is starting to become a farce. Call against wars but this treatment for anything that has the Russian nationality on it is becoming ridiculous. We haven't seen this happen to many other invading countries. Nothing happened to USA or Israel when they did such things.
Hypocrisy at its finest.
Hypocrisy at its finest.
Reported.
You should receive a lengthy ban for making me watch headlines about Moyes and Steve Round joining United.
For shame.
I do feel for some russian friends online saying they've been kicked off etsy, their aunt used to make all her money selling shit on there, booted off it and account frozen, stuff like that. People unable to withdraw their wages too. I feel for them. It's shit the least provocative response in terms of another world war seems to be punishing the citizens in the hope the head falls but it beats nukes flying I guess
Appoint Tuchel!!
It's as fair as having to compete with Chelsea who is fed with money by someone like Abramovich.
Chelsea fans are gutted that they won't be able to get shot of Lukaku at the end of the season.
More than happy for the latter.
I love how the response to that impassioned and well researched argument was "yeah but he's grown to love the club".
Unfair?
He parachuted with billions of ill-gotten gains and funded their successes for the past 20 years. They were a nothing club before that.
City and Newcastle as well right?
The team and the fans are being punished for something they have no control over. If it was about the ill-gotten gains that would have been fair.
That being said, I hope Chelsea are relegated next year and have towork their way up to the top like every non state sponsored club
You missed the whole link between RA and destabilising the Ukraine..
Fair enough.
Yea that's what I've said.
If he's getting sanctioned all across Europe losing billions everywhere I'm not sure he'll just lie down and hand Chelsea over.
Well, be honoured I took the time to type it myself letter by letter.
I didn't bring it up. Others were already discussing it and I asked a question.
I agree, but it's one thing sanctioning random people just because they are Russian, and another thing to sanction them because they are criminals and oligarchs supporting a dictator. I m all in for the second one.
It's hard to predict what will happen because this is pretty fecking unprecedented. I'd hope he just walks away and allows the club to survive this shitstorm relatively unscathed.
Do Chelsea fans support the sanctions being put on Russia and its Oligarchs?
How many clubs do the USA or Israel own?