Roman Abramovich hands over ‘stewardship and care’ of Chelsea football club

[4737carlin]

Sounds like this sale will be done very soon

Todd Boehly purchase of Chelsea set to be completed this week

The sale of Chelsea is likely to be completed this week with Roman Abramovich expected to agree to forgo a £1.6bn loan

www.theguardian.com

 

[Marius57]

Sounds like this sale will be done very soon

Todd Boehly purchase of Chelsea set to be completed this week

The sale of Chelsea is likely to be completed this week with Roman Abramovich expected to agree to forgo a £1.6bn loan

www.theguardian.com

Just in time for the transfer window. Who would have guessed

 

[GoldenToffee]

They'll come out of this better and more successful than under Abramovich in recent years. Lucky for a club whose only success in their history was bought with blood money.

 

[Lobster Johnson]

Just in time for the transfer window. Who would have guessed

Well it had to be completed by the end of the month or they'd be in real strife.

 

[Walham Green Blue]

Not quite but I understand the sentiment

They'll come out of this better and more successful than under Abramovich in recent years. Lucky for a club whose only success in their history was bought with blood money.

 

[atrottel]

Not so fast, say Politico:

24 HOURS TO SAVE CHELSEA: There are major developments in the footballing world today as the U.K. government warns that if a deal to sell Chelsea is not closed imminently then the club may be barred from the Premier League next season. The government is due to approve the £4 billion sale to a consortium led by American investor Todd Boehly, but a senior Whitehall insider briefs the FT's George Parker it “still has major hurdles to overcome” as Portuguese authorities also have to approved the deal due to current owner Roman Abramovich’s citizenship in that country. The U.K. government is now in intense discussion with Portugal and the European Commission to provide them the assurances they need to licence the deal.

One government source struck a very somber tone: “It’s transfer deadline day for Chelsea and I’m seriously worried about the outcome. If the deal doesn’t get final sign off today, the sale probably can’t happen in time — that could mean Chelsea out of the league. Even if HMG grants the licence today, it’s not clear that Portugal will do the same. It’s going to come down to the wire, and unless something changes I’m not optimistic.”

 

[GoldenToffee]

Not quite but I understand the sentiment

Which part of it do you disagree with? Chelsea have barring the Champions League win, done nothing of note in recent seasons. So I don't think you'd dispute the recent success part. The blood money part must be the bit you're disagreeing with, or maybe you think Chelsea had a previous period of sustained success before Roman bought them.

 

[Walham Green Blue]

You typed ‘only success’, whereas in the few years preceding his ownership we won a few decent baubles and were solid top 6, although were financially screwed by the time RA bought CFC. No point me commenting on the ‘blood money’ description. It is what it is/was.

 

[Simon Buttle]

PL approves the takeover then.

 

[Goat]

PL approves the takeover then.

Yep.

 

[tommye]

PL approves the takeover then.

After letting the Saudis in at Newcastle anything goes

 

[Shevin Keedy]

They'll come out of this better and more successful than under Abramovich in recent years. Lucky for a club whose only success in their history was bought with blood money.

I don't think that's true is it.

 

[tommye]

I don't think that's true is it.

When have we ever let the truth get in the way of a good headline....

 

[Lobster Johnson]

Yep.

Has a big pile of cash, of course they approved it.

 

[duncs pigeon]

Has a big pile of cash, of course they approved it.

Yes, but has @EverTheOptimist ratified it yet??