FC Chelsea: Sale complicated

The sale of the club announced by Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich in the past week can not be carried out as planned, as the British government announced on Thursday that the assets of Russian billionaire is frozen.

Abramovich is sanctioned for his connection to the Russian President Vladimir Putin and business connections to several oligarchs. The measures are carried out according to the invasion of Ukraine ordered by Putin ago about two weeks ago.

"Abramovich communicates with a person who is involved or was to destabilize Ukraine and threatening territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of the country, namely with Vladimir Putin," said the Ministry of Finance as a reason.

Abramovich can now no longer earn money with the club. A sale of the association is thus only allowed if the proceeds does not benefit from Abramovich or Russia. Even the sale of tickets for the upcoming games may not take place anymore. But the duel planned for Thursday in Norwich should be held, for the home games are only permitted permanent card holders.

On the transfer market, the blues may now no longer operate, even contract extensions and the sale of fan articles are not permitted. For this reason, the fan shop castle on Thursday.

FC Chelsea: Johnson prevents stop of the game operation

Even a stop of the game work was in the room, but this prevented the Government of Boris Johnson with a special license. This allows Chelsea to "continue to go to soccer games and to go to other activities in connection with football to protect the Premier League, the football pyramid, loyal fans and other clubs," said it in a statement.

The short-term club sale of the blues through Abramovich should seem to be made even before adopting sanctions against the businessman. With the British decision of Thursday, this plan has been crossed.

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Most recently, espn had reported that the high demands of Abramovich have not yet been met. This requires three billion pounds (3.56 billion euros) for the London Club, the highest bid has given a consortium consisting of the British billionaire Nick Candy and American investors. But this is "only" 2.5 billion pounds.