Roman Abramovich Thread

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1 hour ago, Vytis33 said:

Ripped the club away for nothing then?  

 

 

It was knee jerk reaction. Cost us stability and trophies.

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The Untold Story Of The Lie That Ended Roman Abramovich Chelsea Era

 

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Roman Abramovich finally breaks silence on controversial Chelsea sale

Roman Abramovich has not spoken publicly since he gave an interview to Forbes in 2021 and has broken his silence on the sale of Chelsea for a forthcoming book

https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/roman-abramovich-Chelsea-sale-russia-35101826

Roman Abramovich has discussed his forced sale of Chelsea for the first time. The Russian, former-owner of the Blues, who led the club to its most trophy-laden period in its history, has given his first series of interviews since he last spoke to Forbes in 2021, for a new book due out this summer.

Abramovich continues to be sanctioned by the UK government due to alleged connections with Russian president Vladimir Putin. He was initially hit with sanctions by Boris Johnson's Conservative government following Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.

The 58-year-old's assets were frozen and he was forced to sell the Premier League club. This process concluded when the Todd Boehly-Clearlake Capital consortium acquired the Blues in May 2022.

Abramovich has conducted two interviews regarding the sale. One took place in Abu Dhabi in January and the other in Istanbul, where Abramovich spends much of his time, a year previously.

The two-part interview is due to cover Abramovich's perspective on the sale, his sanctions, his involvement in the previous peace process, and his suspected poisoning in March 2022.

READ MORE: Where is Roman Abramovich now? Ex-Chelsea owner's secret life in Turkey and Tel Aviv

His comments will be included in a new book titled Sanctioned: The Inside Story of the Sale of Chelsea FC, penned by Nick Purewall. The book will also recount other stories from the 95-day hunt for a buyer, overseen by Raine Bank under the watchful eye of the government.

Abramovich has remained tight-lipped since his last interview with Forbes in 2021.

Apart from a few brief comments on Frank Lampard's dismissal as Chelsea manager and the club's 'Say No to Anti-Semitism' initiative, he hasn't given an official interview since 2006.

According to former player John Obi Mikel, Abramovich still harbours resentment over the fact that he was forced into selling.

Mikel said: “It’s just unfortunate what happened: he lost the football club. I still speak to people close to him and it still pains him. He’s still angry about what happened.

“He’s not happy that he lost his ‘baby’ because Chelsea Football Club was his football club. He really cared about the football club, not just the players but the fans.”

Abramovich's 19-year stewardship of the club began when the oligarch and ex-politician bought the club in 2003. The Blues amassed a staggering 21 major titles during this period, including five Premier League trophies, five FA Cups, two Champions League titles, and two Europa Leagues.

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Rachel Reeves threatens to sue Roman Abramovich over Chelsea FC sale proceeds

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/rachel-reeves-threatens-sue-roman-213900093.html

The chancellor and foreign secretary are threatening to take Roman Abramovich to court to seize the proceeds of his Chelsea FC sale.

The Russian oligarch, who is sanctioned by the UK government over his alleged links to Vladimir Putin, sold Chelsea for £2.5bn to an American consortium in 2022, after Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Those funds remain in a frozen UK bank account but are meant to be used for humanitarian causes linked to the Ukraine war.

Chancellor Rachel Reeves and Foreign Secretary David Lammy have now said they are "deeply frustrated" an agreement cannot be reached with the oligarch and will take him to court if it cannot be dealt with soon.

In a joint statement, they said: "The government is determined to see the proceeds from the sale of Chelsea Football Club reach humanitarian causes in Ukraine, following Russia's illegal full-scale invasion.

"We are deeply frustrated that it has not been possible to reach agreement on this with Mr Abramovich so far.

"While the door for negotiations will remain open, we are fully prepared to pursue this through the courts if required, to ensure people suffering in Ukraine can benefit from these proceeds as soon as possible."

Abramovich was forced to sell Chelsea - which he bought for a reported £140m - after 19 years of ownership, after being sanctioned by the government over his alleged close ties to the Russian president - something he denies.

The sale was made under the supervision of the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation, under the proviso the proceeds go to humanitarian aid in Ukraine.

They cannot be moved or used without a licence from the office.

In March, the Foreign Office said officials were in talks with Abramovich's representatives, but multiple sources told the BBC there had been no meetings between any Labour ministers and members of the foundation set up to oversee the funds since last July's general election.

They said there was a deadlock and a political decision by a minister is needed to negotiate and sign off an agreement.

It is not known if there has been meetings in the three months since then.

The £2.5bn - and interest accrued - would make up for some of the reduction in the aid budget, announced in February.

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How can they sue Abramovich? Is he not stalling because those government retards have moved the goalposts and its all to do with wording and licensing? Or are they that stupid?

That wanker Starmer is also trying to save face after cutting the aid funding and putting it into defence a few months back for sure…. Ironically Trump cut off US funding to Ukraine few month ago too?

This will go on for years and years yet if they think they are gonna take Roman to court. Has any form of government ever taken a multi billionaire to court and won? The initial case itself was incredible 😂

Edited June 2 by OneMoSalah

[Special Juan 28,093]

Just the British Government punishing the people who have done nothing wrong, they have done it with the tax payer for years and give to the drug addicts, asylum seekers and dregs on society, nothing to see here

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3 hours ago, Special Juan said:

Just the British Government punishing the people who have done nothing wrong, they have done it with the tax payer for years and give to the drug addicts, asylum seekers and dregs on society, nothing to see here

Genuinely reckon the amount of time and money they will waste trying taking someone like Roman to court will be incredible. I wouldn’t be surprised if he also won in Court because the government are so so so incompetent 😂

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This is for you Roman 💙