Abramovich

Originally Posted by Arnold Muhren

He’s waiving the debt, £1.5bn according to the beeb.

As far as I have read, he has said that he is not asking for the loan to be repaid. That is not the same as waiving it. He may just leave it outstanding. And then later …..

Originally Posted by Arnold Muhren

He’s waiving the debt, £1.5bn according to the beeb.

Originally Posted by avocado

As far as I have read, he has said that he is not asking for the loan to be repaid. That is not the same as waiving it. He may just leave it outstanding. And then later …..

I'd say he's taking this approach cos it's gonna be difficult to get the money out of the UK, but they'll let him have the money for selling the club so I'm prolly wrong.


I like the idea that in 18 months he rocks up & asks for his money back & Chelsea are utterly £#%&!ed.

Originally Posted by Fat Al

I like the idea that in 18 months he rocks up & asks for his money back & Chelsea are utterly £#%&!ed.

If he has any sense he will assign the loan to a third party, who in due course will then demand repayment. Then it wont be him asking for it back.

And if he did waive the debt the club is suddenly worth 1.5 billion more. Which he gets on the price.

Originally Posted by avocado

If he has any sense he will assign the loan to a third party, who in due course will then demand repayment. Then it wont be him asking for it back.

And if he did waive the debt the club is suddenly worth 1.5 billion more. Which he gets on the price.

Aren’t there limits on gifting or circumstances where that would be C Gain or club income?

Surely they’d tax the shit out of it?

Maybe I should just pay 3 billion and the leverage it against the club. Then run it into the ground.

Originally Posted by Arnold Muhren

He’s waiving the debt, £1.5bn according to the beeb.

I believe what he means by the net profit from the sale going to the victims of the Ukraine invasion is that if he sells it for 2 billion then 1.5 billion of that goes to repaying the debt the club owes to him and then the other 500 million goes to the victims of the invasion

He’s not rich enough to just write off 1.5 billion that’s owed to him

https://twitter.com/haggis_uk/status/1499357943044755459?s=21

Originally Posted by AK14

https://twitter.com/haggis_uk/status...044755459?s=21

Everyone thinks he's a @#%&! anyway so nothing has really changed.

anelka and terry.

roman was very generous with other peoples money. and other people's wives.

Originally Posted by AK14

https://twitter.com/haggis_uk/status...044755459?s=21

When you’re sat in the pile of rubble which used to be your home, the bodies of your loved ones strewn at your feet, you probably think things can’t get any worse.

Then you hear that John Terry has posted a picture on Twitter with another bloke.

Looking forward to the inevitable Matthew Syed column already.

Originally Posted by Dr Stranger

Cascarino is stunningly dim and is right up there in the top 23 thickest football pundits.

Didn’t he have shit for calling a player “a good black lad” or something similar on sky sports news not so long ago.

Edit-

https://twitter.com/matthewfox23/status/582470176278507520?s=21

“This black lad here”

🤦‍♂️

He’s not the sharpest.

Surely he should be banned from selling Chelsea as it’s an asset and his control frozen in some way?

Originally Posted by redhegemony

Surely he should be banned from selling Chelsea as it’s an asset and his control frozen in some way?

The UK gov is giving him and his mates just enough time to get their money out of the country

If Abramovich is unfit to own an English club, surely that should be extended to the Middle Eastern regimes? They are, after all, more closely associated with nasty stuff. Or is this simply shite politics picking and choosing as usual?

Originally Posted by 92ToBury

If Abramovich is unfit to own an English club, surely that should be extended to the Middle Eastern regimes? They are, after all, more closely associated with nasty stuff. Or is this simply shite politics picking and choosing as usual?

him, usmanov, the middle east fellas, any americans not spending their own money....

the saudis are our friends, though. we can't piss of everyone that fuels us.

Originally Posted by 92ToBury

If Abramovich is unfit to own an English club, surely that should be extended to the Middle Eastern regimes? They are, after all, more closely associated with nasty stuff. Or is this simply shite politics picking and choosing as usual?

Originally Posted by 92ToBury

If Abramovich is unfit to own an English club, surely that should be extended to the Middle Eastern regimes? They are, after all, more closely associated with nasty stuff. Or is this simply shite politics picking and choosing as usual?

I've yet to see a potential owner fail to pass the 'Fit & Proper' test the F.A. claim to use.

Abramovich is getting shit because he's Russian & therefore open to sanctions because of this & his ties to Putin.

"The Chelsea owner, Roman Abramovich, was identified by the Home Office in 2019 as having links to the Russian state as well as to “corrupt activity and practices”, a Labour MP has told parliament, suggesting the UK should seize his assets and bar him from owning the football club.

Chris Bryant told MPs he was quoting from a Home Office document leaked to him, and asked why nothing more had been done about Abramovich’s UK assets given this official verdict."

https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...tivity-mp-says

I'm guessing he isn't a Tory party donor.

As for the Middle Eastern owners - they aren't the target of sanctions. Or the Govt paying lip-service to imposing sanctions on all Russians.

Originally Posted by Fat Al

"The Chelsea owner, Roman Abramovich, was identified by the Home Office in 2019 as having links to the Russian state as well as to “corrupt activity and practices”,

Originally Posted by jem

On the ball as ever