FC Chelsea: Jürgen Klopp from FC Liverpool advocates sanctions against Roman Abramovich

Jürgen Klopp keeps sharp sanctions against Roman Abramovich justified. He does not know the role of the owner of the FC Chelsea exactly, said the team manager of the English Football Top Club FC Liverpool on Friday.

But "over the years" one can assume that he was "pretty close" to Russian President Vladimir Putin, the 54-year-old added: "And then I think that the British government has acted correctly."

The government had set the Russian oligarch Abramovich on Thursday on her sanction list and thus also the FC Chelsea placed in front of massive problems. The London is now allowed to play only thanks to a special license in the English Premier League. In addition, the sale of the association Abramovich's sales of the association is exposed for the time being.

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This affects the work of Thomas Tuchel with the blues enormously. "I feel with him, the players and all employees at Chelsea, because they are not responsible for this," Klopp said, "A man is responsible - and that's Vladimir Putin."