Roman Abramovich Thread

[Fernando 6,388]

I would love Elon Musk

[Fernando 6,388]

50 minutes ago, milka said:

BREAKING: Roman Abramovich will receive bids to buy Chelsea this week with parties believing that, for the first time, he will consider a sale.

Roman Abramovich has previously turned down offers worth £2.2 billion for Chelsea, while the club’s debt to him is £1.51bn which he would almost certainly expect to be covered. (Telegraph) #CFC

For the first time during his ownership, potential buyers believe he would be willing to sell the club.

Preventing the club being part of sanctions. Club being prepared for an eventual sale… #

 

Chelsea have previously insisted the club is not for sale, but the mood from the outside at least is changing and there is a feeling that Abramovich could be left with no other option, with his resolve to hang on to the club to be tested. (Telegraph) 

Yeah the best thing he can do. 

He has always cared for the club, I don't think there was a better owner in the world in the short time. 

 

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27 minutes ago, Fernando said:

I would love Elon Musk

not that dickhead please

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3 minutes ago, whats happening said:

not that dickhead please

Musk has some really interesting views. And by interesting I mean yowza. I am not sure how stable of an owner he would be.

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3 minutes ago, Hermione said:

He might lose the club for nothing anyways if they indeed seize it.

When countrys freeze assets, they are returned after the sanction is over unless the assets are involved in a crime. Roman should have no need to worry about losing the money the club owes him.

[Magic Lamps 11,471]

Musk and Bezos would be terrible owners. Both are preoccupied with other,more expensive projects.

Also ppl think only bc those two have a huge net worth based on the value of their stock holdings, they would just come and give RA 2bn in cash and continue to bankroll the club out of their own pockets. this is a fallacy. They both notoriously operate with very little cash at hand to keep their tax burden low. Instead they take on Lombard loans and pay them off with the cash flows their investments generate like any good capitalist does once they reach a certain net worth. As there is no visible emotional attachement, I think they would just treat the cub as any other investment. Take a loan, buy the club with it and pay it off with the free cash flow from the club's operations. This means there is litle leeway in the timing of these CFs and the club could not operate as freely in the market as with RA's direct loans.

We need someone with lots of cash rather than equity, big football fan, ideally a Chels fan who is willing to accomodate the club's finances, is willing to take a loss and allow for continuity in its management.

[milka 3,308]

British billionaire Sir Jim Ratcliffe is among those interested in buying Chelsea, with the financier and industrialist exploring the possibility of buying a leading English football club 

Ratcliffe told BBC Five Live: "There was some early exchange but we were a significant way apart on valuations. The issue with Chelsea is its stadium. We are all getting older and it is a decade of your life to resolve that."

[Fernando 6,388]

14 minutes ago, milka said:

British billionaire Sir Jim Ratcliffe is among those interested in buying Chelsea, with the financier and industrialist exploring the possibility of buying a leading English football club 

Ratcliffe told BBC Five Live: "There was some early exchange but we were a significant way apart on valuations. The issue with Chelsea is its stadium. We are all getting older and it is a decade of your life to resolve that."

Yeah he keeps popping up in these sales. I think more then likely he will be the buyer, but obviously wants to buy at a discount. 

We shall see what happens. 

[Fulham Broadway 16,437]

No way abramovich wants to sell the club.  He's about the only passionate owner in the PL. and not just interested in the club being a cash cow.

99.8% of Russias wealth is owned by around just 500 people - all beholden to Putin. He will have been 'instructed' to sell.

[Pizy 17,862]

If he sells I think it’s still most likely to be an American buyer. American mega-billionaires will have seen how much the popularity of football has exploded here in America and want a piece of the pie. And as I mentioned a few days ago Chelsea is perhaps the best possible club someone can buy due to the size and stature of the club, the location, the popularity (and thus money making potential) and the fact that we’re set up to succeed for the foreseeable future without a major rebuild and massive initial investment into the playing squad.

Really the only downside for a prospective buyer is our small and aging stadium. But after the two traditional juggernauts in Liverpool and United, Chelsea is probably the most attractive club to want to own.

[Fulham Broadway 16,437]

Good thing is we still have the CPO enshrined in law. Any parasite new owner can't just make us up sticks and relocate to a soulless bowl.

[laura90 556]

That is our only salvation. It would be my biggest wish - different board altogether. This current was setting us back  and all our recent success was despite them not because of them. They eventually find a way to sour every major success this team achieve. We would slip from top four with them soon enough.

Unfortunately , I can't see the end of this anti Russian hysteria.  IMO, It will be over when someone else takes control over oil, gas and mineral resources from these warring countries. It may take months and we may be out from every single competition.  Our woes are giant but even bigger woes are waiting ordinary people with sky prices of food, gas, oil and power this war will leave behind. In few years time Ukrainians will remember Maidan with the same grief as Libyans remember African spring. But that is different subject anyway.

Abramovich will be instructed to sell from his common sense. He has to. The only alternative is this charade  finishing soon enough. 

We are not attractive to greedy owners who want to buy their golden cow. We are not big enough nor we have resources. If we get new owner he won't have profit in his mind. That's why it will be damn hard to find another.

 

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3 hours ago, milka said:

BREAKING: Roman Abramovich will receive bids to buy Chelsea this week with parties believing that, for the first time, he will consider a sale.

Roman Abramovich has previously turned down offers worth £2.2 billion for Chelsea, while the club’s debt to him is £1.51bn which he would almost certainly expect to be covered. (Telegraph) #CFC

For the first time during his ownership, potential buyers believe he would be willing to sell the club.

Preventing the club being part of sanctions. Club being prepared for an eventual sale… #

 

Chelsea have previously insisted the club is not for sale, but the mood from the outside at least is changing and there is a feeling that Abramovich could be left with no other option, with his resolve to hang on to the club to be tested. (Telegraph) 

Surely the 1.5bn would form part of the overall sale. There is absolutely no way someone is paying 2bn for a club that historically hasn't been making profits and take in a 1.5bn liability to be repaid too.

To be fair if Roman got somewhere around 2bn for the club he will be making 400-500m profit on something which for him has essentially been a hobby and enjoyment, he's done pretty damn well!

If this really is nearing the end it's been one hell of a wild ride and I wouldn't change any of it. Mistakes and unpopular decisions have been made at times but they all make the success that much sweeter and there has been far, far more good times than bad.

If we do get a new owner I just hope it's someone who is a football fan and understands the game as a whole. They will have some seriously big shoes to fill.

 

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1 hour ago, laura90 said:

anti Russian hysteria

gaslighting

the Russians have invaded a sovereign nation and will end up slaughtering tens (maybe hundreds) of thousands of innocent people

just because we a have a Russian owner doesn't mean we excuse/ignore aggressive war (one of the major war crimes the Nazis and the Imperial Japanese leaders were convicted of post WWII) on a grand scale

[NikkiCFC 7,624]

How do they prove Roman connection? But I dont think they have to. If you are Russian you will have consequences because of Putin. This is how it works. You can be his best friend or hate him does not matter.

Maybe Spartak Moscow players hate Putin but they will not be able to play Europe League. Or any other Russian athlete in majority of sports. Regular citizen will also have much trouble in regular life because of this.

I guess they are trying to make Russian people turn against Putin so they elect someone else but lets see how this will end.

[NikkiCFC 7,624]

Can Roman sell club for 1$ to his son or daughter?

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Oh will Salah face sanctions because of this? 

His good bro Kadyrov...

[Pizy 17,862]

Swiss billionaire Hansjörg Wyss has just given an interview saying he’s considering buying the club and has spoken directly to Roman.

This dude is nearly 90 years old and is “only” worth about $5B, or about a third of what Abramovich is worth. Sounds like a bad idea. How much could someone that old be truly invested emotionally in a football club? And will someone who isn’t a mega-billionaire afford to spend the money necessary to keep us competitive? 

I’d like to hope that Roman, who is easily the most passionate owner in the league and who desperately wanted us to be the very best, would carefully select his successor. Someone who will take care of the club as well as he did.