It amazes me when I keep seeing Chelsea fans complain and say Roman is a nice guy.
You mean the nice guy who colluded to steal energy rights from the Russian people for peanuts that has made him and his cronies billions while leaving the Russian economy in the toilet
You mean the nice guy who was the one who was hands-on in picking Putin and then when Putin was coming to the end of his 2 term maximum was tasked with Putin to find the successor while helping Putin become prime minister. A successor who almost as soon as he got in passed a law that did a power shift so that the Prime Minister got almost all the president's powers which then allowed the presidential 2 term limit to be removed. Then towards the end of boths terms they switched power back putting Putin in the almost dictator-like position he is in where he can basically do what he likes
You mean the nice guy who the US intelligence agencies in 2019 named him as someone acts as the moneyman for Putins dirty cash and helps hide and wash it.
Yeah such a nice guy that Roman. Next, we will have Newcastle fans piping up calling their owner, a guy who has his secret service kidnap, murder and dismember a journalist who was critical of him as a great guy.
Not to mention his statement about selling the club was such a farce, trying to lead people down the path of 'I'm a good guy, don't sanction me' when the reality his statement was massively ambiguous.
You saw the Chelsea fans and others celebrating him saying 'I will not be asking for any loans to be repaid' saying he was writing off that debt but that line doesn't actually say that. It says he isn't calling the loan in. He could have easily said he was writing the loan off if that's what he really meant but he doesn't so there is a decent chance he was planning to keep the loan in place and collect his interest on it (Would also track with how in less than 6 months his asking price has dropped by a billion)
Then there is the "I have instructed my team to set up a charitable foundation where all net proceeds from the sale will be donated. The foundation will be for the benefit of all victims of the war in Ukraine"
Let's break that apart. Charitable foundations are required to give some of their money away to the cause but not all, in fact, they only have to give 5%. And he doesn't say the money is going to Ukraine but victims of the war. Who you deem victims depends on your POV, Putin certainly won't see the Ukrainians as Victims, the victims in his eyes are the Russians and most likely even him personally. Again Roman could have with ease said it was going to Ukraine but he doesn't. Clearly some if not all is going to Russia otherwise he wouldn't have used such ambiguous wording. I wouldn't actually be surprised if he was even counting him and his cronies who sanctions are losing them a lot of assets and income as victims.
Finally, even if he was giving 100% of the money the foundation gets to Ukraine the net proceeds line is suspect. What does he mean by net proceeds? It could mean anything, it could actually mean Sale Price - Initial Purchase Price - Additional personal investment - Costs of sale which with the £2bn price being floated would leave under 100mill with him pocketing the rest. And if then only 5% went to the foundation that would be just 5million from a 2bn sale and then at best it gets split between Ukraine and Russia
He is just a Smarmy git, just trying to weasel his way out of things just like he tried earlier by handing it over to the Chelsea Foundation to hide it from any sanctions. Well done on those on the trust's board for not being bullied into helping him do that
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Offcomedun Important PlayerQatar 2022 Entrant P.L.22/23 Entrant P.L.23/24 Entrant Supporter Euro2020 Winner Euro 2020 P.L. 20/21 3rd Place
Couldn't happen to a nicer club
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This makes my pizz boil because they knew who bankrolled Chelsea before signing up anf knew the money was being sourced from Russia, which only means one thing!
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Offcomedun Important PlayerQatar 2022 Entrant P.L.22/23 Entrant P.L.23/24 Entrant Supporter Euro2020 Winner Euro 2020 P.L. 20/21 3rd Place
As if I didn't hate Chelski enough already -
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Abramovitch is Putin's crony who got his billions by stealing them from the Russian people in a bent auction sanctioned by Putin. Abramovitch has admitted this fully in a British court of law.
The fact that the FA and PL have utterly useless 'fit & proper person' tests doesn't alter the fact that Abramovitch got his wealth by illegal means and has been using it to buy success at Chelski. He's a crook, as well as a part of the infrastructure that supports Putin's regime. It's no one else's fault that you can't recognise facts when they're staring you in the face.Allotment Bantam and Idlebantam like this. -
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They're exceptionally lucky that they've not effectively been shut down immediately which is what would have happened to a "normal" company in this situation. Even so, not a good time to be a Chelsea fan and they'll be very lucky to come out of this without being substantially weakened.
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Chelsea won't be in trouble, they will just end up being picked up for way below their actual market value now. There will be a fair few billionaires in the USA or elsewhere looking at how they can take over such a club for peanuts.
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