- Decision effectively forces club owner to move ahead with sale
- UK government makes minor amendments to club’s licence
Roman Abramovich has been disqualified by the Premier League from owning Chelsea after being sanctioned by the UK government following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
The league’s decision to bar Abramovich from being a director of Chelsea effectively forces him to push ahead with his sale of the club. It came two days after the government imposed sanctions on the Russian oligarch and granted the Stamford Bridge club a licence that allows them to keep operating under heavy restrictions.
