Chelsea must not be sold off as part of ‘fire sale’, warns Sadiq Khan

The mayor of London has said it is important to ensure Chelsea FC is not sold off as part of a “fire sale”.

The west London club’s owner Roman Abramovich has been sanctioned over his links to Vladimir Putin as the UK targeted more oligarchs after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

He said: “What’s important though, is we don’t allow a situation where any asset which may be owned by a Russian oligarch close to Putin is sold off in a fire sale”.

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