Chelsea news LIVE: Club breaks silence on freeze, Three SUSPEND shirt deal, Abramovich club sale BANNED – latest updates
CHELSEA have broken their silence on the freezing of their assets by the UK government.
Roman Abramovich has been BANNED from selling Chelsea by the government amid sanctions on Russian oligarchs.
There will be no transfers or new contracts and the club have been blocked from selling TICKETS to matches, as well as merchandise.
Meanwhile, the Blues were given some rare cheer as they took all three points at Norwich with a 3-1 win, with Kai Havertz stealing the show.
The Russian’s assets have been frozen and the club have been given special dispensation to conduct football-related activity only.
Shirt sponsor Three have also suspended their deal with the Blues, asking for their logo not to appear on shirts for the foreseeable future.
It comes as New York Jets owner Woody Johnson and a private Saudi consortium had joined the race to buy the club.
Billionaire Abramovich is said to have had over 300 parties express their interest in buying the Blues he values at £3billion.
And Turkish billionaire Muhsin Bayrak said he was in talks to buy the club, adding: “The Turkish flag will fly over London.”
Swiss billionaire Hansjorg Wyss and American Todd Boehly had also shown interest in purchasing the club.
But Abramovich is said to have rejected a £2.5bn offer for the West Londoners from another group.
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