Roman Abramovich is back in the news in English territory. This time it was because the exorbitant sum that the Chelsea owes him, after nearly two decades in command. Impressive numbers.
The former leader denied this Thursday in a statement that he is going to ask the new owner of the club for the loans he has made in the last 19 years of management and that have a value of about £1.5 billion (7 and a half billion pesos).
The Russian oligarch, still owner of the London team, authorized the sale of the team at the beginning of March, but it is stalled and in recent days fears had increased that Abramovich would demand payment of the loans from the new owner, something that, at first, He said he wouldn’t.
In a statement, a spokesman for the tycoon insisted that all profits from the sale of the club should go to charity and that his intentions in this regard “have not changed.”
“Abramovich has not asked for any loan to be paid. The allegations are false, as are those who say that he has increased the price of the sale at the last moment. As part of Abramovich’s aim to find a new owner for Chelsea, he has asked each candidate to commit to investing in the club.“said the spokesman.
This same source claimed that the money from the sale will be frozen until the authorities decide what to do with it and that, under no circumstances, Abramovich will have access to it.
Chelsea has a special license, given by the British Government, by which it can continue to operate until May 31. If the sale is not completed by then, the club would need a license extension or go bankrupt. The candidate chosen to succeed Abramovich was the billionaire Todd Boehlyowner of the Los Angeles Dodgers, and his offer is being studied by the Premier and the Government.
