created by Samiluis on 03/03/2025 at 18:02 UTC
422 upvotes, 30 top-level comments (showing 25)
Comment by Ok_Professor6647 at 03/03/2025 at 18:09 UTC
297 upvotes, 5 direct replies
Likely to go where most of the money goes, scattered around government and their business pals
Comment by Shufflebuffle51 at 03/03/2025 at 18:11 UTC
112 upvotes, 5 direct replies
This shit it so annoying. Just release the money ffs. Otherwise what on earth was the point in forcing the sale.
Comment by Balfe at 03/03/2025 at 18:07 UTC
136 upvotes, 3 direct replies
Funnel this cash to Ukraine. Let the criminal state Russia pay off its own costs.
Comment by TurnoverResident_ at 03/03/2025 at 18:12 UTC
29 upvotes, 4 direct replies
So hypothetically if the war was to just suddenly end tomorrow, where would this money meant to supposedly go?
Comment by Junglist_Warrior_UK at 03/03/2025 at 20:50 UTC
4 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Give it to Ukraine
Comment by helloucunt at 03/03/2025 at 18:49 UTC
28 upvotes, 2 direct replies
I know this is a football sub, but the ignorance from some of the comments here is staggering.
Comment by GainsAndPastries at 03/03/2025 at 18:07 UTC
9 upvotes, 2 direct replies
Knowing politicans they are probably enjoying the interest that it accrues as we speak.
Comment by chewy_leghair at 03/03/2025 at 18:36 UTC
4 upvotes, 0 direct replies
still time to refund
Comment by Timidwolfff at 03/03/2025 at 18:24 UTC
4 upvotes, 1 direct replies
theft call it what it is
Comment by RefanRes at 03/03/2025 at 19:02 UTC
1 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Well it was meant to go toward rebuilding after the war. It's not ideal that they're having to start dipping into the frozen assets to use on the war.
Comment by Blaidd-My-Beloved at 03/03/2025 at 19:20 UTC
1 upvotes, 0 direct replies
That's reasonable, but will it actually go to the victims or will the government quietly take it for themselves?
Comment by Spiritual_Target_647 at 03/03/2025 at 20:53 UTC
1 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Why?
Comment by DampFree at 03/03/2025 at 21:28 UTC
1 upvotes, 0 direct replies
All I know for sure is that someone, maybe a few someone’s, are enjoying the interest of £2.5bn. Would benefit those in power to hold onto it as long as they possibly can.
Comment by kesnerjp at 03/03/2025 at 22:45 UTC
1 upvotes, 0 direct replies
UK govt chowing the money
Comment by CoolerHandLu at 04/03/2025 at 01:32 UTC
1 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Give the man his damn money. Bad enough they stole his club he loved from him. He turned Chelsea into a Top club in England… during the Zola days we almost were extinct.
Comment by subashj24 at 04/03/2025 at 02:17 UTC
1 upvotes, 0 direct replies
I'd say freeze all the money of this ownership too , i don't want us to keep buying south American kids with no direction. A time was there when transfers excited me ,I was eager to know whom we would sign and when we would they would be top class individuals like mata,fabregas ,kante ,rudiger,curtois, ballack ,schevchenko, torres(both didn't do well but they where top class then) .,now transfers seem like a routine every other day we are bringing some new kid to the club saying he has the potential and he'll do better.
Comment by Confident_Push_4176 at 04/03/2025 at 03:02 UTC
1 upvotes, 0 direct replies
I wish I was surprised. Britain never stopped buying Russian oil.
Comment by MeesterReech at 04/03/2025 at 03:54 UTC
1 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Right next to the Mudryk b sample
Comment by namegamenoshame at 03/03/2025 at 19:53 UTC
1 upvotes, 0 direct replies
You can still love this club. You can love its players, its history, hopefully its future, and you can even love the approach Roman took to running it. But some of you need a reality check about how Roman got his money and who the funds from the sale of this club were intended for. And yes, there are clubs taking money from or owned modern day slave drivers, murderous theocrats, clubs that built their wealth with the support of fascists, and even now, we are owned by people who go pillage wealth from entities of value while and kill them with their incompetence.
It is what it is. We can love this club while being clear eyed about Roman’s status as a sportswashing pioneer.
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Comment by megamind2121 at 03/03/2025 at 19:22 UTC
1 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Any option that sees the money go to Ukraine is good but the optimal option in my opinion is releasing after the war? That way you’re not directly funding a war but funding a way for Ukraine to continue to undergo their rehabilitation program. Pun only slightly intended. But some clarity on the plan should have been mandated?
Comment by Fun_Reputation5181 at 03/03/2025 at 19:27 UTC
1 upvotes, 0 direct replies
This was an issue many here recognized and asked about at the time. Roman's team were clear that they believed the fund should be used to support all victims of the war in Ukraine, regardless of who or where they are. The common public assumption was always that the funds could only be used to aid Ukrainians but the wording in the original announcement was conspicuously vague on that specific point.
Comment by adnanssz at 03/03/2025 at 22:57 UTC
1 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Just want to said since media/goverment always said that Putin will fall.
Since Ukraine-Russia war started in February 2022. UK already have 4 Prime Minister while Putin is still in Power.😅
Comment by Yankee_ at 03/03/2025 at 21:10 UTC
-1 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Another words Abramovich got scammed by uk
Comment by sscfc91 at 03/03/2025 at 19:01 UTC
0 upvotes, 0 direct replies
They need to come to an agreement with abramovich over where the money goes. I imagine he doesn’t care if this never gets settled but it definitely can’t go to anyone in Russia if the club was taken from him because of his kremlin affiliation.