portslade seagull
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The EPL are only interested in th big money these unscrupulous potential new owners bring. The Fit and proper test is as you say not Fit and proper and not in anyway upto the purpose it was designed for.
[Football] Chelsea - up for sale, Roman Abramovich sanctioned, not up for sale etc
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The EPL are only interested in th big money these unscrupulous potential new owners bring. The Fit and proper test is as you say not Fit and proper and not in anyway upto the purpose it was designed for.
fly high
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For Chelsea substitute Newcastle, for Abramovich substitute Saudi Arabia, article applies to them too.
Whenever I hear of a club in difficulties I think back to our darkest days and whatever my feelings about the club concerned, I always have great sympathy for the fans. I remember how the fans of so many clubs were supportive of us.
Having heard the Chelsea fans singing their support of Abramovich who supports and enables Putin's murderous regime, I really hope the club does go bust.
Having heard the Chelsea fans singing their support of Abramovich who supports and enables Putin's murderous regime, I really hope the club does go bust.
Kalimantan Gull
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Yup, this is sports washing to a tee. Russian money comes in and makes the regime acceptable to so many. When the whole football world is supporting Ukraine and protesting the atrocities, the Chelsea fans are chanting a Russian's name during the minutes silence for the victims.
Is one thing to accept that as a fan we have little control over our owners, it's quite another to be chanting for a Russian over the Ukrainian people, to protest against sanctions on Russians, or to dress up head to foot in Saudi clothes.
If this was UAE the City fans would do the same, if it was Thailand so would the Leicester fans. There are sections of football fans who put their club's associates over anything in the world.
rogersix
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how can you still be defending this person? jimmy saville did a lot of charity work
edit: what i mean is, why do you keep on defending abramovich?
to make that much money, within that regime, he is so clearly a complete wrong'un
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Baldseagull
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I fear our schadenfreude will be short-lived, seems there are plenty of minted interested buyers clamouring to put bids in. NFL games at the Bridge soon etc
Hopefully asset stripping specialists.
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how can you still be defending this person? jimmy saville did a lot of charity work
Chelsea fans
rogersix
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Chelsea fans
he's says that he's an american that supports the albion tho'; oh, and that abramovich is an "amazing man"
This might help you understand - hopefully OFSI had some 'proof'
https://assets.publishing.service.g...nt_data/file/1059928/Notice_Russia_100322.pdf
Aside from the very close links to Putin etc, Furthermore, ABRAMOVICH is or has been involved in destabilising Ukraine and undermining and threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine, via Evraz PLC, a steel manufacturing and mining company in which ABRAMOVICH has a significant shareholding and over which ABRAMOVICH exercises effective control.
nicko31
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If BHA was taken over by a despot I'd be lying if I said I would no longer follow the club but I wouldn't support them, ie go to games, buy the merch etc.
Suffice to say, Chelsea fans were at it again last night at Carrow Road. No shame....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9E5DHDHAZNA
Doesn’t sound like they are going anywhere.
Not sure Nike will either, the have a history of backing sports stars even when they have be caught out.
Kalimantan Gull
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You'll find posts on Chelsea's message board saying that about Newcastle and the Saudis, and posts on Newcastle's message board about how Abramovich must be sanctioned and kicked out of football. You'll find posts on Man City's board expressing both those views.
We like to think we'd all turn our backs if the same happened to us, but the evidence from pretty much every other football club suggests not. I wonder what the bar is for fans to reject their new mega-rich owners en masse - the North Korean's perhaps? A consortium led by the families of Bin Laden, Gaddafi and Saddam Hussein? Nigel Farage?
Leekbrookgull
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May have been asked before but if Chelsea are not allowed to sell away tickets can the home side club claim compensation for loss of revenue,and secondly go on to sell those 'away' tickets to genuine home fans ?
I think we will find out next week if/when Brentford start selling Chelsea away tickets again. Presntly on hold, I believe.
My guess is that away fans will be allowed but the money will be held seomwhere. Same as if Chelsea get to the FA Cup semi, (and final) I suspect that the FA will sell tickets and hold the money somewhere until this has all been sorted.
Barclays suspend Chelsea’s bank accounts.
100% normal as they’re subject to sanctions - they need to be 100% sure what they are doing complies with the licence (which from a banking perspective is fairly complex to understand).
