The sponsors leave, deadline in 80 days
The February 12 Chelsea became world champion. The May 31 he could fail, thus finding himself forced to start over from the minor leagues of English football. This is the paradoxical situation in which the holding team of the Champions League, European Super Cup and Club World Cup finds itself, after the sanctions inflicted on its owner, the Russian oligarch. Roman Abramovich.
The measures taken by the British government have effectively paralyzed the London club, which cannot operate on the market and cannot even sell tickets for Stamford Bridge. Its revenues are therefore destined to collapse, also due to the decisions of the sponsors. A few hours before the match on the Norwich field (in any case won 3-1) the main sponsor 3, a well-known telephone operator, communicated the “temporary” interruption of the relationship with Chelsea, requiring the company to remove the brand from the team’s shirts and from its stadium. The “Blues” thus lose a contract from 40 million of pounds a year (about 47 million euros), but the situation could get much worse: even the technical sponsor Nike he is considering separating his own path from that of Chelsea, which collects from this contract 900 million of pounds a year (about one billion euros).
Who wants to buy Chelsea
The team of jorginho e Lukaku therefore sees not “only” the end of the Abramovich era, which from 2003 to today has led Chelsea to win everything, but also the specter of bankruptcy, because the interest of investors such as Josh Harris and Nick Candy could vanish in the face of the stakes set by the British authorities to punish the Russian tycoon. However, there is an opening: a special “license” granted precisely to allow Chelsea to change owners and therefore to save themselves, as long as Abramovich does not put even a penny in his pocket from the operation. One way out – the only one – that could at least safeguard the numerous interests connected to the world champion club, which at this moment cannot even renegotiate the contracts of its players which expire in June.