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Abramovich ally Bruce Buck leaves Chelsea FC after 20 years

Bruce Buck

Buck, 76, will step down at the end of June, though he will remain a senior adviser to the club’s new owners. The American attorney was essential to the Russian oligarch’s takeover of Chelsea. Buck became the chairman of Chelsea in 2003 after advising Abramovich on the £150 million takeovers. Bruce Buck, one of Roman … Read more

Todd Boehly takes over management of Chelsea as soon as the deal is completed

Todd Boehly

Todd Boehly and a group of investors completed their $5.25 billion (£4.25 billion) buy of Chelsea on Monday, May 30, making it the most expensive franchise deal in sports history. Chelsea stated on Saturday that it has struck “a final and definitive deal” to sell the club to Boehly and his Clearlake Capital consortium, putting … Read more

Hamilton ready to invest in Chelsea takeover bid

Hamilton

Seven-time Formula One global champion Lewis Hamilton stated Friday that being a part of a consortium bidding to take over English Premier League club Chelsea became too exquisite a possibility to pass by. Hamilton, at the side of American tennis celebrity Serena Williams, may want to each make investments up to £10 million, in keeping … Read more

Ricketts-led consortium withdraws bid to buy Chelsea

Ricketts-led

The Ricketts-led consortium announced on Friday it had withdrawn its bid to buy Premier League club Chelsea, which is being offered through proprietor Roman Abramovich. The Chicago Cubs owners and their companions opted no longer to submit a final bid for the Blues, with the consortium members understood to be unable to agree the very … Read more

UK freezes £10 bn in assets of two Russian oligarchs

assets

The UK on Thursday introduced it was freezing belongings worth around £10 billion ($13 billion, 12 billion euros) of two extra Russian oligarchs, both longstanding business friends of Chelsea Football club owner Roman Abramovich. The sanctions towards Eugene Tenenbaum, a director of Chelsea, and David Davidovich deliver the total wide variety of oligarchs, family individuals and pals … Read more

Jersey seizes $7bn assets believed to be related to Abramovich

Abramovich

The British Crown dependency of Jersey stated Wednesday it has frozen extra than $7.0 billion (6.4 billion euros) in property believed to be related to punishment hit Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich. “Search warrants were executed by the States of Jersey Police on Tuesday 12 April 2022 at premises in Jersey suspected to be connected to … Read more

Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich “had a secret meeting with Vladimir Putin to beg him to cease the bloodshed in Ukraine.”

Roman Abramovich

According to reports, ROMAN ABRAMOVICH met privately with Vladimir Putin to beg with him to cease the war in Ukraine. The Chelsea owner allegedly travelled to Moscow from his south-of-France property only hours after the Russian despot ordered his forces to launch their assault. Abramovich, 55, arrived late but was permitted to speak after apologising … Read more

Portugal detains rabbi over Abramovich naturalisation

Abramovich

LISBON: Portuguese prosecutors have detained a rabbi and carried out raids over the naturalisation process of a number of Jewish people, including Roman Abramovich, the Russian billionaire owner of Chelsea football club. Portugal’s Public Prosecution Service said late Friday that it has detained the leader of Porto’s Jewish community, Daniel Litvak, as part of their investigation … Read more