Roman Abramovich Thread

[Blues Forever 1,232]

 

[Blues Forever 1,232]

 

[Fulham Broadway 16,921]

23 minutes ago, NikkiCFC said:

They are fine as long as they buy guns from US.

 

And UK , and if it comes to a fight it will be like that Bill Hicks routine talking about the US arming Iraq.

''We are at war with Iraq and they have incredible weapons, incredible weapons''

''How do you know that ?'' 

''..er......we sold them to them'' 

[Blues Forever 1,232]

 

[MoroccanBlue 5,318]

Probably too good to be true should Saudi Media Group have no ties to the state. 

[NikkiCFC 8,048]

3 minutes ago, MoroccanBlue said:

Probably too good to be true should Saudi Media Group have no ties to the state. 

It all depends how biased decision makers are. Newcastle was not a problem... City same.

[Superblue 6,372]

3 minutes ago, MoroccanBlue said:

Probably too good to be true should Saudi Media Group have no ties to the state. 

Nick Candy has made some sizeable donations to the Tories. 

With wealth comes power and anyone with serious money will have some sort of political ties in one way or another. I've never known a politician who doesn't like their hand being greased.

The key in a situation like this will be proving that they are their own entity and not influenced in any way by their government.

[milka 3,349]

 

[gdlk 272]

First Abramovich was the problem, now Government will decide the future of Chelsea?? Wtf is this crap? 

If club is for sale and that bid from Saudi Media is real i dont see whats the problem. If Government doesnt allow that i hope a mislead russian rocket visit that sh*t building.. 

[MoroccanBlue 5,318]

1 minute ago, gdlk said:

First Abramovich was the problem, now Government will decide the future of Chelsea?? Wtf is this crap? 

If club is for sale and that bid from Saudi Media is real i dont see whats the problem. If Government doesnt allow that i hope a mislead russian rocket visit that sh*t building.. 

To be honest, I agree with the UK government analysing the company as a whole, with regards to funding and private ownership links to the regime. 

Genuinely only a matter of time until Newcastle, PSG, and City are down the same route as us.

[gdlk 272]

First Chelsea is an private football club, not national so i dont see what job Government have in our club?? Isnt this stealing?? And since when Government can decide what route one football club to take.. 

[Tricky Houseman 7]

If it's proved this Saudi Media company has no links with the political regime then I'd be more than happy for them to be considered, depending on the type of bid. They look like they've got the funds to run a premier league club.

If however there are ties to the ruling class in Saudi, then I'd be very uncomfortable with it. Yemen is a terrible situation and there is blood on the hands of those in charge. It's time football clubs in England were safe guarded from any unscrupulous owners. It calls for government legislation as the FA has shown they clearly aren't up to it.

[Laylabelle 9,381]

20 minutes ago, Tricky Houseman said:

If it's proved this Saudi Media company has no links with the political regime then I'd be more than happy for them to be considered, depending on the type of bid. They look like they've got the funds to run a premier league club.

If however there are ties to the ruling class in Saudi, then I'd be very uncomfortable with it. Yemen is a terrible situation and there is blood on the hands of those in charge. It's time football clubs in England were safe guarded from any unscrupulous owners. It calls for government legislation as the FA has shown they clearly aren't up to it.

That's what assumed be happening now...or meant to be but who knows..probably not. Turned a blind eye plenty of times already really with regards to owners

[Superblue 6,372]

One thing to note that I saw on Twitter earlier is two of our best women's players are in a public relationship - something that would be illegal in Saudi Arabia.

These are going to be the sort of politically sensitive topics we will have to navigate with such owners. 

[OhForAGreavsie 5,898]

12 minutes ago, Superblue_1986 said:

One thing to note that I saw on Twitter earlier is two of our best women's players are in a public relationship - something that would be illegal in Saudi Arabia.

These are going to be the sort of politically sensitive topics we will have to navigate with such owners. 

Just for the record there are known to be at least three couples in the CFCW squad.

[MoroccanBlue 5,318]

13 minutes ago, Superblue_1986 said:

One thing to note that I saw on Twitter earlier is two of our best women's players are in a public relationship - something that would be illegal in Saudi Arabia.

These are going to be the sort of politically sensitive topics we will have to navigate with such owners. 

Saudi Media Group seem to be more progressive than the norm in their country. Think I read they had the highest Women employment rate at their company. 

That being said, I would genuinely laugh my arse off if they bought us, had the same spending power as Roman, and has zero ties to the regime. The Arsenal fans reaction would be priceless. 

[cosmicway 1,333]

1 hour ago, MoroccanBlue said:

To be honest, I agree with the UK government analysing the company as a whole, with regards to funding and private ownership links to the regime. 

Genuinely only a matter of time until Newcastle, PSG, and City are down the same route as us.

What links to what regime ?
Bojo is the one who is linked, Mogg and co and they wanted all of continental Europe to go under Putin.
Abramovitch had no idea a war was going to start.

Edited March 14, 2022 by cosmicway

[cosmicway 1,333]

The richest Greek is a Jim Davis with 5.1 billion dollars. Poor house.