Abramovich: “I commissioned mine team to create a charitable foundation in which all net proceeds from the sale will be donated “
Chelsea for sale. The Russian oligarch, Roman Abramovichannounced that he sells the club of Premier League and announced that “net revenues“will go to benefit of the victims of the war in Ukraine. The billionaire had bought the club in 2003. “I believe this is in the best interest of the clubfans, employees “, reads the note published on the website of club.
“I’ve got mine in charge team to create a charitable foundation to which all net proceeds from the sale will be donated“.
In the afternoon the rumors that the tycoon Swiss Hans Jörg Wyss was considering purchasing the team gives Abramovichwhile British MPs continue to press to impose sanctions on the Russian billionaire.
“Abramovich at the moment he is trying to sell all his villas in England. Now he also wants to get rid of Chelsea quickly. I, along with three other people, received an offer yesterday to buy Chelsea from Abramovich, “Wyss said in an interview published today by the Swiss newspaper. view.
Abramovich’s spokesperson, contacted by Reuters, had not immediately responded to a request for comment. And the British Prime Minister in Parliament, Boris Johnsonhad not commented on the possibility of imposing sanctions on the tycoon, but had explained that the “vice” is tightening on President Putin’s circle.
Confirmation of the transfer rumors came with a long statement, on Chelsea’s website, in which the oligarch simply signed himself Roman.
(He follows…)