Is Chelsea’s bubble about to burst?

[an tha]

https://mobile.twitter.com/footyaccums/status/1002196874839887873?s=12

 

"15 year history"

 

Belter.

[Delmar]

Poker game, that's all.  

 

London stands to lose more, and they will fold.  Then they will continue to try to deal with the Russian mob.

 

Abramovich is kind of rich.  He can sell for a small loss and do other stuff.  He has never had any kind of emotional attachment to Chelsea (or anything).  One of Putin's gang, ruthless, all about me, me, and me

[Numero Veinticinco]

I hope they have to close. Cunt club.

[dockers_strike]

He has withdrawn his UK visa application. Can come into the country on his Israeli visa although the Government could see this as an attempt to circumvent his UK visa requirement and therefore still block him. At the very least it leaves Chelsea in a kind of limbo. He says he will not invest so does that mean playing squad. Will it spook a couple of players like Hazard and Courtois into leaving. As for the manager position who knows. All good fun to watch it play out though.

[TheBitch]

Maybe Roman will take over from Conte.

[Section_31]

Read a few years ago that the money he spent on them is down as a loan, be interesting if he goes and wants it back.

 

He's a horrific cunt. Was watching a thing the other day where the journos were trying to speak to him. He wasn't at his huge Monaco mansion so they tried his yacht anchored off shore, with a crew of 70, mini submarine and helicopter.

 

Slippery twat and his ilk clearly has shit for brains but managed to get all the former Soviet shit by foul means or foul from the Ruskie in the street. Disgusting, shady twat.

[Jarvinja Ilnow]

I'd applaud this, only my colleagues might look at me funny if I'm seen clapping at the monitor.

 

Yes, the Samaritans aren't the most tolerant of employers, I hear.

[Jarvinja Ilnow]

the Government has been aware of this for decades.  That's why I'm not convinced this is anything more than posturing on both sides, while they remain in cahoots.

Exactly, it pisses me off to hear about how it's just the Tories that are in bed with the oligarchs. On my commute I used to cycle past a big, fuck-off empty, high-rise near Vauxhall that John Prescott green-lighted for every oligarch and dodgy despot to buy into as an investment/ bolt-hole. This greed is a Westminster thing, and all the parties have benefited from money laundering. 

 

Westminster will probably cave in to him but it's nice watching him squirm, the rhythmless, hand-clapping twat.

[SammyAftershave]

What's not to like?

 

 

 

 

 

[Dr Nowt]

What's not to like?

 

The most punchable Lego man in history.

[SammyAftershave]

You could have the makings of a board game there.

 

Lego-nahtzee!

 

You just know he spends hours ranting in his mansion window with a piece of black tape stuck to the pane.

[1892-LFCWasBorn]

They are fucked.

 

Hazard will leave.

 

Courtois will be sold as they risk getting fuck all for him next summer.

 

Exodus could start after them 2.

 

Cunt club, cunt fans.

[Elite]

Exodus could start after them 2.

When did they sign him?

[dockers_strike]

Goodness me. Blanc and Avram Grant in the running as Sari cools his interest if you believe this story.

 

The future of Chelsea Football Club was shrouded in uncertainty on Thursday night after a day of stunning revelations — while Laurent Blanc emerged as a serious candidate for the managerial job.

Less than a fortnight after winning the FA Cup and what was their 15th major trophy under the ownership of Roman Abramovich, the club halted work on their new £1billion stadium project and appeared to shelve plans to appoint Maurizio Sarri as their new manager.

Blanc, who has been out of work since leaving Paris Saint-Germain two years ago, is now a prime candidate for the role.

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Laurent Blanc is now a prime candidate to replace Antonio Conte as Chelsea manager

 

Blanc would obviously be available should Conte now leave, although it is understood Avram Grant remains a key member of Abramovich’s inner sanctum.

If the search for a new manager remains a struggle Chelsea’s owner knows he can turn to the Israeli who guided Chelsea to the 2008 Champions League final following the shock departure of Jose Mourinho.

The Russian is on the verge of changing his manager for the 14th time in 15 years, if you include caretaker bosses, and the current uncertainty around that appointment is also creating a sense of anxiety when other clubs are pressing ahead with summer transfer plans.

Chelsea are expected to move into gear when director Marina Granovskaia returns from a break next week but Sarri no longer appears to be first choice to succeed Conte amid concerns about his past.

The situation with Sarri was already complicated by a £7million release clause at Napoli but Chelsea are now more alarmed by an exchange the Italian had with new Italy manager Roberto Mancini.

Mancini accused Sarri of hurling homophobic insults at him during a touchline row when he was Inter Milan boss. Sarri was fined €20,000 and banned for two Coppa Italia matches.

 

 

Maurizio Sarri was fined after Roberto Mancini accused him of hurling homophobic insults

At a time when Chelsea are dealing with historic abuse and racism claims, there is understandably no desire to appoint a controversial manager.

Meanwhile, Abramovich has put plans for a new 60,000 seater stadium at Stamford Bridge on hold after the Home Office delayed renewing his visa at a time of major political tension between Russia and Britain.

The billionaire Russian oligarch decided to take Israeli citizenship which enables him to visit his family home in London but does not allow him to work, with reports in Israel claiming he has now withdrawn his application for an investor visa in the UK.

On Thursday, Abramovich responded by putting the brakes on what would have been a huge cash injection into the UK economy, even though plans for a new ground were at an advanced stage.

A Chelsea spokesman refused to elaborate on a short statement that was issued by the football club on Thursday.

But sources close to Abramovich, who has lived in London since buying Chelsea in 2003, suggested on Thursday that he has no intention of pumping a huge slice of his £7billion fortune into a capital city that has suddenly made him feel so unwelcome.

 

Chelsea have put their plans to redevelop Stamford Bridge into a 60,000 stadium on hold

He is said to have been particularly unhappy that he was unable to watch his team win the FA Cup against Manchester United last month because of his visa difficulties.

The statement by the club said: ‘Chelsea Football Club announces today that it has put its new stadium project on hold. No further pre-construction design and planning work will occur.

‘The club does not have a time frame set for reconsideration of its decision. The decision was made due to the current unfavourable investment climate.’

Having already failed to secure Champions League football for next season, stadium expansion at Chelsea was considered essential to keep pace with their major rivals in the Premier League.

Plans were in place for Chelsea to play at the current Stamford Bridge stadium for two more seasons before demolishing it to build the new ground on the same west London site.

But staff at the club have been left in shock after a team of more than 50 people working on the stadium project at Stamford Bridge were suddenly told to stop work despite discussions with stakeholders and construction companies also being at an advanced stage.

 

The Home Office have delayed renewing Chelsea owner Abramovich's visa 

It raises the question of whether Abramovich wants to quit the UK altogether and sell his club.

Only last week this newspaper posed that question to Chelsea amid rumours of possible investment from China and was met with a firm denial. One reason given for why there was no truth in the claims was Abramovich’s commitment to building a new stadium.

On Thursday, insiders maintained that their Russian owner has no desire to walk away from Chelsea after overseeing an unprecedented era of success for the club, including a Champions League victory and five Premier League titles.

On Thursday, there were also reports that Chelsea had terminated contract talks with goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois.

But insiders insisted that Courtois has made it clear he does not want to discuss new terms until after the World Cup, so talks have actually not yet started.

 

 

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-5792829/Blanc-prime-candidate-Chelsea-job-Grant-running-search-boss-remains-struggle.html

[House of Dirk]

Horrible scab of a club, only the Manc cunts from the toilet are held in higher disdain by me.

[Anubis]

[Red House]

Give it Avram Grant

[dockers_strike]

Jason Cundy not thrown his hat in the ring yet.

[lifetime fan]

Give it Avram Grant

 

 

Better standard of brasses in London than Portsmouth.

[cloggypop]

They'll always have Kerry Dixon

[cloggypop]

If you want to understand the move to Israel this probably helps

 

As a new citizen, Abramovich is exempt from taxes in Israel on income earned abroad for 10 years, and need not declare the sources of that income for the same period.

 

 

https://www.timesofisrael.com/chelsea-owner-roman-abramovich-immigrates-to-israel-after-uk-visa-woes/

[TheHowieLama]

Dodgy Dosh>Huddled Masses

[magicrat]

They'll always have Kerry Dixon

Not forgetting "Chopper Harris "  the list is endless

[Strontium]

Abramovich’s British visa expired last month. His previous visa was granted before more rigorous regulations were instituted in April 2015.

And people say the coalition did nothing worthwhile...

[Ginny]

If you want to understand the move to Israel this probably helps

As a new citizen, Abramovich is exempt from taxes in Israel on income earned abroad for 10 years, and need not declare the sources of that income for the same period.https://www.timesofisrael.com/chelsea-owner-roman-abramovich-immigrates-to-israel-after-uk-visa-woes/

Win win for him then innit.