Roman Abramovich Thread

[Blue Armour 4,312]

This club had gone through adversity after adversity and has managed to come back stronger. Went to the brink, and still came back.

How many clubs have gone through a two window transfer ban and end up winning a champions league soon after?

Like Jimmy Greaves said., it's magical.

Ktbffh.

[Vesper 29,017]

8 hours ago, KEVINAA said:

I wonder if Chelsea will be forced to change logo. Current Chelsea Logo changed from 2006.

 

It represents Roman Abramovich.

 

[Vesper 29,017]

[Vesper 29,017]

9 hours ago, gdlk said:

That Government wil destroy the most succesfull english team in the past 15 years.. 

Where are the London fans and protests?? 

20 years now

[OhForAGreavsie 5,898]

12 hours ago, ZAPHOD2319 said:

In this article from The Guardian it sounds like the British government are taking over the sale?

 

However the government is keen to target Abramovich rather than Chelsea, which it views as a “significant cultural asset”, and it will consider an application for a new licence that would permit a sale. Chris Philp, the digital and technology minister, said on Friday that Abramovich would be prevented from selling the club but potential buyers could approach the government with takeover proposals as long as the Russian would not benefit from the deal.

The viability of potential buyers is being discussed in political circles. Boehly and Wyss remain confident that their consortium, which includes an unnamed businessman, will be viewed favourably by the government and Premier League.

It is understood that Candy, a Tory donor, is also seen as a strong contender to buy Chelsea. The property developer is working on finding investors and his proposals include plans for an expensive redevelopment of Stamford Bridge, which could work in his favour. Candy, a Chelsea fan, is worth a reported £1.5bn.

 

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/mar/11/nick-candy-todd-boehly-hansjorg-wyss-serious-Chelsea-buyers-government-roman-abramovich

This is all bollocks and I am fuming. Where is the transparency? Everywhere we turn, including the article quoted here, we are told Roman has links with Putin but no report EVER mention's what those links are and why they are such as to warrant the measures taken against him, against Chelsea and against us. I don't claim that there are no links, nor that Roman shouldn't be sanctioned if they do exist, but all I ever see are assertions, never any specific descriptions of the links and never any evidence to back up the assertions.

Without substantiation of the charges what we are witnessing is a modern day witch hunt.

[Blue Armour 4,312]

6 minutes ago, OhForAGreavsie said:

This is all bollocks and I am fuming. Where is the transparency? Everywhere we turn, including the article quoted here, we are told Roman has links with Putin but no report EVER mention's what those links are and why they are such as to warrant the measures taken against him, against Chelsea and against us. I don't claim that there are no links, nor that Roman shouldn't be sanctioned if they do exist, but all I ever see are assertions, never any specific descriptions of the links and never any evidence to back up the assertions.

Without substantiation of the charges what we are witnessing is a modern day witch hunt.

Think you're reacting to an older quote, mate.

If the latest reports are to be believed, it looks like Roman has at least secured permission from the UK government to at least select the bidder.

The bigger issue at the moment is with Barclay's bank. Who will have to open up Chelsea's account again so that a sale can go through.  Hopefully they will stand to reason, soon.

Trivago and seemingly also Nike, still continuing to partner us is welcome news.

[OhForAGreavsie 5,898]

6 minutes ago, Blue Armour said:

Think you're reacting to an older quote, mate.

If the latest reports are to be believed, it looks like Roman has at least secured permission from the UK government to at least select the bidder.

The bigger issue at the moment is with Barclay's bank. Who will have to open up Chelsea's account again so that a sale can go through.  Hopefully they will stand to reason, soon.

Trivago and seemingly also Nike, still continuing to partner us is welcome news.

I need to clarify. The fact that the 'charges' against Roman are being supported only by assertions, not by evidence, is bollocks. I do not mean that the post to which I replied is bollocks.

The banking situation is just an item of detail that fell through the cracks between the intentions of the license and the practicalities of making it work. It's a non issue which will quickly resolve itself. Indeed according to some reports already has resolved itself.

I have some sympathy for Three who found themselves in a difficult situation. I'm ok with giving them a little time to sort out their final position on this.

[robsblubot 3,529]

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/mar/11/roman-abramovich-vladimir-putin-Chelsea-kremlin-russia

Well she's got one thing right for sure: people do seem to love an oligarch 😉

She's also fair by calling out the other absolute garbage owners of other clubs in the PL. I guess they've got to do their money laundering somewhere eh.

Edited March 12, 2022 by robsblubot

[OhForAGreavsie 5,898]

7 hours ago, robsblubot said:

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/mar/11/roman-abramovich-vladimir-putin-Chelsea-kremlin-russia

Well she's got one thing right for sure: people do seem to love an oligarch 😉

She's also fair by calling out the other absolute garbage owners of other clubs in the PL. I guess they've got to do their money laundering somewhere eh.

To Be clear, I am not claiming that Roman is not a legitimate target for sanctions. I'm just saying that the condemnations in the media, or even in Parliament, do not give any evidence on which the sanctions can be justified. What we have in this article therefore is probably just more bollocks. The closest thing it contains to a substantiated accusation of wrong doing is this: -

"The government claims his more measurable part in the war effort is owning 29% of a firm that may have supplied steel for Russian tanks. The firm denies it."

So, owning a minority stake in a company which may or may not sell steel to a tank manufacturer is grounds for being sanctioned? How many shareholders in the steel making businesses which supplied steel used in the illegal war against Iraq have been sanctioned? We stand firmly against war and with peace. We condemn Putin's war but if you want us to condemn the owner of our club too then show us your evidence.

Edited March 12, 2022 by OhForAGreavsie

[cosmicway 1,333]

6 hours ago, Vesper said:

our new shirt logo

roflmaooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

Those are in jail and their leader who was also an antivaxer caught covid real bad.
Them characters are weird.
You know that former dictator Papadopoulos did n't like them at all.
There was a film director at the time, called James Paris.
His first film was a slap comedy called "No mister Johnson" - when LBJ was president and before the junta.
I said "what rubbish is this - must be some kind of commie movie" but as it was Saturday afternoon and had nothing to do I went to see it.
Mister Johnson was then an American ads man who was shooting commercials for a tomato juice brand. A pretty Greek actress was the girl who advertised the tomato juice in the tv ad. But it was too exploitative, it said "this tomato juice will make you into a superman". So the girl becomes angry and she says "I 'm not taking part in exploitative ads". After some fighting about the tomato juice the American changes his ways, stops making exploitative ads and marries the girl. Awful.
Then this James Paris changes his ways and becomes the no 1 enemy  of the Papandreous.
When Papadopoulos takes over he becomes the "national film director".
In those seven years James Paris shot about ten war resistance movies and part of the cast was also Fernando Sancho - the hero of the spaghetti westerns. Silly movies really. In one the resistance fighters take over the Retimo castle from the Germans. All the Germans are
wiped out and when things look difficult for the Greeks, hand grenades are tossed and the Gerries are taken out. The Greeks seem to have an infinite supply of grenades and the Germans none !
But it shows you Papadopoulos and his dictator brothers had no liking for nazis at all. Thirty years later I don't know where the golden dawnies cropped up.
One day I bought two of their mags from downtown. In one there was a story about a heroic German submarine in the war, in the other a poster saying "Hitler 1000 years".
My father became very angry and he tore to shreds the "Hitler 1000 years" but  I managed to sell the other one on Ebay.
I also have a newspaper but it's not worth anything they tell me. In this they are after the two black strikers Oforique and Olissadebe who -in their opinion- are monkeys and should be in the zoo.






 

Edited March 12, 2022 by cosmicway

[Vesper 29,017]

17 minutes ago, cosmicway said:

Those are in jail and their leader who was also an antivaxer caught covid real bad.
Them characters are weird.
You know that former dictator Papadopoulos did n't like them at all.
There was a film director at the time, called James Paris.
His first film was a slap comedy called "No mister Johnson" - when LBJ was president and before the junta.
I said "what rubbish is this - must be some kind of commie movie" but as it was Saturday afternoon and had nothing to do I went to see it.
Mister Johnson was then an American ads man who was shooting commercials for a tomato juice brand. A pretty Greek actress was the girl who advertised the tomato juice in the tv ad. But it was too exploitative, it said "this tomato juice will make you into a superman". So the girl becomes angry and she says "I 'm not taking part in exploitative ads". After some fighting about the tomato juice the American changes his ways, stops making exploitative ads and marries the girl. Awful.
 

 

[Fulham Broadway 16,920]

So wrong that one ex KGB agent can cause so much death and trouble to the World, and our club.

That's Short Man Syndrome for you on steroids.

[Blues Forever 1,232]

 

[Strike 7,250]

On 11/03/2022 at 00:47, Milan said:

Don’t forget the Super League project. New owners, especially from the US, might be extremely tempted to join and cash in.

 

Boehly has taken a public position against the Super League

[Laylabelle 9,381]

25 minutes ago, Strike said:

 

Boehly has taken a public position against the Super League

Good!! We don't need getting dragged into all that crap again

[DH1988 1,304]

Political bullshit, I feel aggrieved to lose an owner who had such a love for Chelsea, a fan, one of us, in the stands.

 

Money inherently on that scale is stained, no matter the business or industry. Ridiculous that the UK government have been able to step in.

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[Pizy 18,417]

Saw this on Twitter 😂😂😂