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Roman Abramovich: Former Chelsea owner wants ‘proper goodbye’

former Chelsea Malik Roman Abramovich said he wanted to return to Stamford Bridge for “a good farewell”, in the first Russian interview since the sanctions were forced to do so. Sell ​​the club Three years ago.

Abramovich was approved after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022, when the UK government froze the multiple assets of the few in an attempt to “isolate” [President Vladamir] Putin and those around him. Todly Bohli and Clake Capital In May of that year.

The last 58 -year -old media interview was a 58 -year -old with Forbes in 2021, but in the book “punishment” Written by Nick Beirwal, Abramovich addressed the possibility of returning to Chelsea, and perhaps football.

“Maybe there was one day a situation in which I can attend a match and say goodbye, but nothing more,” Abramovich said in an interview with him in Abu Dhabi earlier this year.

“I have no interest in any role in the football club, and certainly not a professional role.

“There may be something through which I can help with academies and youth, while giving greater opportunities for people from difficult backgrounds, if there is an initiative that may make a difference.

“But for ownership or a professional role in the club, I have finished this at this age.”

In the book, it is claimed that Abramovich has facilitated peace talks from the beginning of the war of Russia.

Abramovich added in his interview in 2025: “There is an old Russian saying,” The dogs bark, but the convoy continues to move. “This fits here.”

“Whatever I do, people will always accuse me of a kind of agenda. In the end, I have done what I simply did to try to help.”

The UK government has Threaten Abramovich to ensure money from selling the club – 2.5 billion pounds ($ 3.37 billion) – He goes to Ukraine. The UK government wants to be money for Ukrainian aid, while Abramovich said he wants to go to “all war victims in Ukraine.”

In a joint statement, Chancellor Rachel Reeves and Foreign Minister David Lami said: “While the negotiations door will remain open, we are fully prepared to follow this through the courts if necessary.”

Abramovich’s lawyer in Britain immediately did not respond to Reuters’s request for comment.

In 2003, Abramovich Backed Chelsea bought the jumper of the cup. Chelsea won five Premier League The titles, five gates from the FA, and Dorian Baltan and Dorian in Europe before the departure of Abramovich.

Reuters information was used in this report.

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