Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich is the latest Russian oligarch to be sanctioned, stopping him from profiting from the football club until May.
The team will continue to operate under a special licence from the Government, the first of its kind.
Chelsea cannot sell any new tickets to supporters, but all tickets sold before 10 March will be honoured.
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EU is a thief for real !
Foreigners should no longer be allowed to buy property in the UK.
Every last penny of the confiscated wealth of Putin's oligarchs should be used to rebuild Ukraine and pay war reparations.
Get urself a life and Leave our club alone
Otherwise billions gonna be milions and after kopiejki
Roman doesn’t know yet that Russians Oligarcha already sacrificed Putin
punish the owner not the staff
The government are liars. Abramovich has done NOTHING wrong and is simply the victim of an hysterical witch hunt. The sanctions against Chelsea will not help a single Ukrainian. I have complete contempt for Boris Johnson.
This is private money!!! Are laws and contracts worthless in the UK???
China, India, Saudi Arabia, Israel etc they could avoid investing in the UK for the reasons
Look at the big picture as it will not only be rich Russians losing assets it will be anyone from countries that won't back down to the US so the end result is that they won't invest in the UK, EU , US, Canada. Australia ect and as for Fooball clubs do they just get bought by US companies as even Middle Eastern countries should question if it is wise investing as they they may fall out of favour and lose their investments
This is killing the game too.
this bright day robbery!!! what a shame form british govt… actually British govt doesn't know shame from then beginning!!
Total confusion
I don't care about Chealsea.How many people are dying in Ukraine
Smart guy
I wonder which politicians will come up.with a solution and get paid ?
Just sell it to middle east which is whatvwill happen
Boris don't think before acting people are going to loose their jobs as a result of incompetent European leaders
Yo’ that robbed money in front of a lot of people. It’s disgusted me more when the government takes this action.
UKRAINE is in limbo ………… get your priorities in life in order.
Once upon a time the Indonesian government interfered in football affairs, the Indonesian Football Association (PSSI) was punished or banned. now the UK and the European Union are also interfered with football affairs, FIFA even supports it. FIFA is a corrupt, racist, double standard, hypocritical and disgusting organization.
they gave him enough time to empty his bank accounts ?
Chelsea is not worth 3B GBP, more of 1.5B
End the war in Ukraine. We must have a peace process in Europe.
I don't believe that the British Government , wants tear apart the great club Chelsea F C is today ! Without Roman Abramovich , Chelsea would never be the same . This is not a question of money only , it's above all , a question of love for a football club .
All pleayer go for free next year ..good for the other teams
This is Silly and Stupid they are clearly scared of Putin the main guy,,, enough of this un-necessary Sanctions on people who are not even involved in this war and be man enough to pull up on Putin???????????
What about the Club, the fans, football!
UK government is a robber
As Always UK govt doing what it does best waiting for an opportunity to grab other people's resources.They have been doing it for decades.F***k neo-colonialism.
If the Saudis still have the receipt can they return Newcastle FC?
chelsea has not been a real football club for a long time, it is simply a disgrace
Chelsea is hooked on money like drugs, Abramovich was the dealer with stolen, I’ll-gotten Russian money. No more.
Bad times ahead for Chelsea, back to old times, no more Premier league !
Western hypocrisy
When will Tony Blair and George W Bush have their assets frozen for the illegal invasion of Iraq and the murder of hundreds of thousands of innocent people and does that mean that all UK taxpayers have their assets frozen as well as we all funded the war criminals illegal invasion or do the lives of the iraqi people not count? The British have been responsible for more atrocities worldwide than the rest put together.
The Chelsea players should be happy with the sanctions on their employer, they’ve been taking the knee for long enough against “racism & social injustices of any kind” & thus politicising their sport.
I’m surprised the rest of The Premiership, have not refused to play against Chelsea, with the blessing of all the players!