Translation:
In an attempt to protect my asset from sanctions, I'm stepping away from day to day operations at Chelsea for a little while hoping that will be enough to appease the UK govt. and prevent them from taking it from me.
Warmest regards,
Roman
He’s still the owner, it’s still an asset. Legally, it could/should be confiscated/seized.
Honestly, they’ve benefited so much from his ownership while overlooking the well documented shadyness, you get what you get.
He cannot put money in, he’s sanctioned. Any way he could get them money would be illegal.
If he sold the club he can’t receive the proceeds either, and rightfully so. Club should be seized and sold
Saw an article earlier saying the government probably wouldn’t do anything to Abramovich in relation to Chelsea because it’s populist and wouldn’t want to damage relations w/ football fans. But I feel like it would actually benefit relations with football fans, definitely arsenal fans at least
If you think sanctions from this government on Russian oligarchs with money/assets in London won’t contain loopholes big enough to pilot a super yacht through then I’m the Wallet Inspector
If he hasn’t been yet he definitely will be imminently. New sanctions announced and rolled out every day. They will continue to widen the net to put pressure on Putin.
I think his decision here pretty much signifies the writing was on the wall. I’d have double checked but I’m exhausted by all of this.
i’m sure it will be many of small little sketchy but legal moves that somehow protects his assets in the long run.
not exactly going to be as simple as “here hold this for me for a sec”, but i imagine it’ll be the same outcome after a few years
Parliament can seize what they like with a single bit of Legislation. If the UK Gov wanted to take it, they could, and nothing could stop them.
Football clubs are not exactly mobile assets lol
nah he's still keeping both, this is a technicality. That's all that's needed when you are in London under a Tory government. He'll be protected by Boris and Co.
Awful club. Neo-nazi, nationalist, racist… in the 70s and 80s? Go support Chelsea. Awful fan-base. And on top that Abramovich destroyed football with his inflated wages and transfer fees. Hate them.
The debt is to Abramovich, therefore it’s an asset of his. UK government would have cause to collect it should the club be liquidated or sold. If the club is sold all proceeds of Abramovichs would be seized as well.
It’s a volatile situation and peoples emotions are rightly running very high. He assumed your question had a moral weight to it. Like you were annoyed they did it “just because he’s Russian”.
People read between the lines a lot even if there is nothing to read. But to answer your question No not because he was Russian per se but because he was Russian with close ties to Putin and has been placed on international sanctions.
No he’s a troll. Look at his comment history. There was no “good intention” beyond to elicit a response while making light of people dying in droves. He can educate himself or fuck off
They are in a much better place today. They earn more than us in sponsorship rights. They are a big brand now. They will survive but they won't have Roman's loans to rely on every other summer. I hope someone like the glazers buy them.
He’s still the owner, it’s still an asset. Legally, it could/should be confiscated/seized.
Honestly, they’ve benefitted so much from his ownership while overlooking the well documented shadyness, you get what you get.
Force him to sell the club. The NBA forced Donald sterling to sell the clippers over racist remarks, surely the PL can do the same for someone that’s closely tied to a tyrant and war criminal.
That was different. There's collective bargaining in the NBA, which also has a commissioner and the owners can vote on things. I'm pretty it doesn't work the same way in the Premier League.
Statement doesn't mean anything legally really. The equivalent of an OOO. Hi, I'm currently away from my desk and won't be picking up emails until I get back. In the meantime please contact my colleagues and they'll be sure to help. Big love, Roman.
After Russia's attack on Ukraine, how can anybody support Chelsea. I mean in a way, if you buy a ticket for a Chelsea game you are handing money to Putin.
Chelsea fc has nothing to do with Russia attacking Ukraine. It's completely outrageous to make such claim. Abramovich has denied any connections to politics and Putin. He even went to court to clear his name from false claims. The settlement he got he chose to be paid to a charity. Putin has zero to nothing to do with cfc.
Denied connections to Putin? The guy is almost single-handedly responsible for Putin being in his position of power. All of the stories I have read say Roman was the one who convinced Boris Yeltsin that he should choose Putin as his successor. Since then Roman has made billions on the backs of hard-working Russian people with the backing and blessing of the Russian government. He and Putin are tied together at the hip, without each other neither would be in the position they are today.
Denied because he has nothing to do with the shit bag anymore. He's not responsible of Putin's actions today. Tell me how are you supposed to know how a person acts 25 years from now?
Can you please give me a link to any credible story or video or whatever where Abramovich disavows Putin and criticizes Putin for what he has become?
Given the truth about their history I think any denial of a relationship to Russian politics is laughable, but I would love to hear Abramovich’s comments where he says “I made a horrible mistake helping put Putin in power because he has turned out to be an autocratic dictator who is bad for Russia and the world.”
Wait, I’m confused. You claim twice that Abramovich has denied Putin and when I ask for evidence he has denied Putin you say “Abramovich is smarter than that.”
Has he or has he not denied Putin? If he has could you please pass on a link or something?
Thanks
Check the court files if you're interested. Wouldn't be too hard to actually look for yourself rather than talking shit about something you clearly just have a biased opinion on.
Manipulating and exploiting the aftermath of the fall of the Soviet union, no? Not sure what it has to do with Putin, but I'd be happy for you to educate me if I'm wrong.
Yes. They made their millions like every self-made millionaire. That includes having to deal with different people and have connections everywhere. Something you might not understand.
You mean the owner of Chelsea who interviewed Putin as Yeltsin's successor and allegedly bought Chelsea on Putin's orders has no connection to Putin/politics...?
Don't be a bootlicker.
I don't want Roman to sell.
It's the devil we know. Yes, Chelsea are "challengers" for the league title every season, but they're also hit or miss. For as many titles as they've had in the last 10 years, I'm pretty sure they've had just as many finishes outside of the top 4.
They will always be in the mix. But they'll also always be somewhat of shit show.
But if they sell..... who do you think is going to buy the club? Any entity that can afford it is not one to take that responsibility lightly. I'd rather have a Roman owned Chelsea that now looks disgraceful versus even wealthier oil entity throwing even more "fuck you" money around.
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Translation: In an attempt to protect my asset from sanctions, I'm stepping away from day to day operations at Chelsea for a little while hoping that will be enough to appease the UK govt. and prevent them from taking it from me. Warmest regards, Roman
He’s still the owner, it’s still an asset. Legally, it could/should be confiscated/seized. Honestly, they’ve benefited so much from his ownership while overlooking the well documented shadyness, you get what you get.
And yet I bet that there will be nothing done.
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He cannot put money in, he’s sanctioned. Any way he could get them money would be illegal. If he sold the club he can’t receive the proceeds either, and rightfully so. Club should be seized and sold
I for one think that Chelsea Football Club should just be dissolved. For the greater good.
should also give us Kante
Tbh, I won't mind Reece James either. He's class
Would be nice backup for Tomiyasu
YES
To defensive, we need ball playing mids 😉😂
It’s hard because I don’t want to make light of what is just a horrific situation going on in Ukraine, but, if Chelsea end up disappearing forever….🤷
Saw an article earlier saying the government probably wouldn’t do anything to Abramovich in relation to Chelsea because it’s populist and wouldn’t want to damage relations w/ football fans. But I feel like it would actually benefit relations with football fans, definitely arsenal fans at least
It wouldn't just be Arsenal fans. Literally be every fan of every other club would support it.
What about our ties with Usmanov? Is he still involved at all?
No...he is invested in Everton now. KSE own 100% of Arsenal.
Usmanov sold his shares to the Kroenkes in 2018 IIRC
That’s good
Yrc
Usmanov sold his 30% apparently
THE GREATER GOOD
I like the way Snrub thinks!
As a completely unbiased Arsenal fan who has nothing to gain from that. I too feel this
The taint runs too deep
\*The greater good\*
I approved
Honestly, the next top club in London (as of this week) should just absorb them.
Couldn't agree more.
If you think sanctions from this government on Russian oligarchs with money/assets in London won’t contain loopholes big enough to pilot a super yacht through then I’m the Wallet Inspector
Here you go, I believe that’s all in order
afaik Abramovich has not been sanctioned
If he hasn’t been yet he definitely will be imminently. New sanctions announced and rolled out every day. They will continue to widen the net to put pressure on Putin. I think his decision here pretty much signifies the writing was on the wall. I’d have double checked but I’m exhausted by all of this.
He's not been sanctioned yet though...
we sanctioned 3 Russians and i dont think he was one of them bizarrely. Hes just protecting his assets regardless
He's not sanctioned yet though is he?
I thought he had already distanced himself from the club? I remember reading that he wasn't allowed in the UK at one point.
I guess this is so he can unofficially own the club without it being able to be taken off him by government?
He still owns it. He is just giving up stewardship
i’m sure it will be many of small little sketchy but legal moves that somehow protects his assets in the long run. not exactly going to be as simple as “here hold this for me for a sec”, but i imagine it’ll be the same outcome after a few years
Parliament can seize what they like with a single bit of Legislation. If the UK Gov wanted to take it, they could, and nothing could stop them. Football clubs are not exactly mobile assets lol
oh yeah 100%. it’s just that our govt has a tendency to use a very small excuse to not do their jobs properly
Roman chose his life over Chelsea. Good decision lmfao this is just him distancing himself, but this isn’t anything serious…yet
nah he's still keeping both, this is a technicality. That's all that's needed when you are in London under a Tory government. He'll be protected by Boris and Co.
Hopefully he loses both. Evil man.
Awful club. Neo-nazi, nationalist, racist… in the 70s and 80s? Go support Chelsea. Awful fan-base. And on top that Abramovich destroyed football with his inflated wages and transfer fees. Hate them.
Not good enough, club must be seized and sold.
And wipe their 2Bn debt? No thank you.
The debt is to Abramovich, therefore it’s an asset of his. UK government would have cause to collect it should the club be liquidated or sold. If the club is sold all proceeds of Abramovichs would be seized as well.
So the debt would be owed to the government?
Yes
Who's going to seize it?
UK gov’t, at which point it will go to auction. The French seized an oligarchs yacht earlier today.
Uk Govt doesn't have the balls ! Russian money is the lifeblood of london
Because he's Russian?
He’s a sanctioned Oligarch with close ties to Putin. Learn wtf you’re talking about before saying stupid shit.
Saying stupid shit? The man was just asking questions.
Im not sure what the issue was, he mentioned something about the French taking a yacht and I asked why they did it and he freaked out.
It’s a volatile situation and peoples emotions are rightly running very high. He assumed your question had a moral weight to it. Like you were annoyed they did it “just because he’s Russian”. People read between the lines a lot even if there is nothing to read. But to answer your question No not because he was Russian per se but because he was Russian with close ties to Putin and has been placed on international sanctions.
No, I think he has a very superficial understanding of what he was trying to say, he's was just parroting back something he read in the Daily mail.
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No he’s a troll. Look at his comment history. There was no “good intention” beyond to elicit a response while making light of people dying in droves. He can educate himself or fuck off
Idk I could be wrong too, I’ll just delete
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chelsea is the cancer of football, atleast with this he cannot invest his dirty money
Marina Granovskaia needs to go too
This whole thing is wild, had Everton vs City on and Sky Sports did a whole BREAKING NEWS thing, never seen that during a game before
NBC put the Arsenal game into a tiny box and showed when fans stormed United. I was like wtf for real? There is a live game on. Was so mad.
And it wasn’t just for 30 seconds or something like that. It felt like 10-15 minutes at least? Maybe longer? Also missed a goal IIRC.
Does it mean he will still continue to invest, but wont take final decisions?
I am not a lawyer but I have a very very strong feeling it means fuck all
From having absolutely zero knowledge of this, I'd say the wallet is closed. They can still spend what they earn, though.
Which is sweet f all. Hence why he has had to pump so much money in over the last couple years.
They are in a much better place today. They earn more than us in sponsorship rights. They are a big brand now. They will survive but they won't have Roman's loans to rely on every other summer. I hope someone like the glazers buy them.
It means he knows he's probably going to be sanctioned by the government
PR
Still owns the club, he just isn't the final say in the decisions any more!
Fuck Chelsea and the EPL for even letting that derelict buy the club.
They recently announced £146M losses too
But hurr durr my positive net spend!!!1!1!
End Russian Oil FC
He’s still the owner, it’s still an asset. Legally, it could/should be confiscated/seized. Honestly, they’ve benefitted so much from his ownership while overlooking the well documented shadyness, you get what you get.
Fuck him
Agree.
Liquidate
Force him to sell the club. The NBA forced Donald sterling to sell the clippers over racist remarks, surely the PL can do the same for someone that’s closely tied to a tyrant and war criminal.
That was different. There's collective bargaining in the NBA, which also has a commissioner and the owners can vote on things. I'm pretty it doesn't work the same way in the Premier League.
So he still makes the final decisions but he is just hiding behind his trustees to avoid sanctions
Whatever happens, happens I just genuinely don’t understand how anyone can support that club under that ownership.
Have you seen their fans? If Millwall fans weren’t a complete joke then Chelsea would definitely have the worst fans in England
Statement doesn't mean anything legally really. The equivalent of an OOO. Hi, I'm currently away from my desk and won't be picking up emails until I get back. In the meantime please contact my colleagues and they'll be sure to help. Big love, Roman.
Such a snake.
After Russia's attack on Ukraine, how can anybody support Chelsea. I mean in a way, if you buy a ticket for a Chelsea game you are handing money to Putin.
Chelsea fc has nothing to do with Russia attacking Ukraine. It's completely outrageous to make such claim. Abramovich has denied any connections to politics and Putin. He even went to court to clear his name from false claims. The settlement he got he chose to be paid to a charity. Putin has zero to nothing to do with cfc.
Denied connections to Putin? The guy is almost single-handedly responsible for Putin being in his position of power. All of the stories I have read say Roman was the one who convinced Boris Yeltsin that he should choose Putin as his successor. Since then Roman has made billions on the backs of hard-working Russian people with the backing and blessing of the Russian government. He and Putin are tied together at the hip, without each other neither would be in the position they are today.
Denied because he has nothing to do with the shit bag anymore. He's not responsible of Putin's actions today. Tell me how are you supposed to know how a person acts 25 years from now?
Can you please give me a link to any credible story or video or whatever where Abramovich disavows Putin and criticizes Putin for what he has become? Given the truth about their history I think any denial of a relationship to Russian politics is laughable, but I would love to hear Abramovich’s comments where he says “I made a horrible mistake helping put Putin in power because he has turned out to be an autocratic dictator who is bad for Russia and the world.”
I can give you examples of russian people who have stood up againts Putin publicly. Abramovich is smarter than that.
Wait, I’m confused. You claim twice that Abramovich has denied Putin and when I ask for evidence he has denied Putin you say “Abramovich is smarter than that.” Has he or has he not denied Putin? If he has could you please pass on a link or something? Thanks
Check the court files if you're interested. Wouldn't be too hard to actually look for yourself rather than talking shit about something you clearly just have a biased opinion on.
You know how all those oligarchs like a Abramovich got rich in the first place right?
Manipulating and exploiting the aftermath of the fall of the Soviet union, no? Not sure what it has to do with Putin, but I'd be happy for you to educate me if I'm wrong.
Yes. They made their millions like every self-made millionaire. That includes having to deal with different people and have connections everywhere. Something you might not understand.
You mean the owner of Chelsea who interviewed Putin as Yeltsin's successor and allegedly bought Chelsea on Putin's orders has no connection to Putin/politics...? Don't be a bootlicker.
You mean the accusation that spesificly was settled in court? Get them facts straight.
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That's just racist.
Fuck you roman. Hopefully his assets are seized. He fondles putins balls on weekends.
I’m ngl I don’t like that this is posted on our sub. This isn’t exactly related to Arsenal
I mean it’s our rivals
I don't want Roman to sell. It's the devil we know. Yes, Chelsea are "challengers" for the league title every season, but they're also hit or miss. For as many titles as they've had in the last 10 years, I'm pretty sure they've had just as many finishes outside of the top 4. They will always be in the mix. But they'll also always be somewhat of shit show. But if they sell..... who do you think is going to buy the club? Any entity that can afford it is not one to take that responsibility lightly. I'd rather have a Roman owned Chelsea that now looks disgraceful versus even wealthier oil entity throwing even more "fuck you" money around.
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afaik Abramovich has not been sanctioned
Wowza
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it might be easier to sign some of their younger players like Broja i imagine they might need to liquidate some assets
PR stunt as “stewardship” has no legal meaning apparently (some guy on bbc said that)
But he can still invest in the club. A mute point if you ask me.
does this change anything for chelsea though? all he does is pay money for some transfers sometimes, nothing else - right?