Premier League 2021-22

[Milltown Row2]

With postponements and so on Chelsea actually got ahead of the pack so are pretty much fine from that viewppint chap

Just seen that.. when did they get that far ahead in the games? Arsenal sitting best for 4th at the minute

[quit yo jibbajabba]

Not sure maybe lucky/unlucky with covid whatever way you look at it i know tuchel had been on complaining about congestion. They maybe had one extra match to allow for this week.

Plenty of twists and turns for top4 yet Spurs have few matches in hand then they end up getting bate last night...

[Milltown Row2]

Second place nailed on, Liverpool would be a decent punt for winning the league should City have their slump

[yellowcard]

With the spotlight on Abramovich and Chelsea following the outbreak of war in Ukraine, will the spotlight switch to the ownership of these PL clubs and indeed the wider practice of sportswashing. I felt a bit of sympathy watching Tuchel lose the rag today with a reporter over his questioning about Abramovich when you think of the hypocrisy of other clubs like Man City, Newcastle and Everton and the questionable source of funds and motives for investment. Will, for example Pep Guardiola or Eddie Howe face the same questions at their next press conference....I very much doubt it. it's the hypocrisy of it all that irks.

Abramovich began this sportswashing practice almost 20 years ago but it has become rampant since and the English premier league is based on swathes of money from some seriously dubious sources and regimes. The regular football fan doesn't really care but the authorities have allowed it to happen and by extension are complicit in all of this.   

[brokencrossbar1]

Questions rising around Usmanoz and his relationship with Everton and Moshri. USM and Megafon are major investors in Everton and Uzmanov is looking like he is going to have sanctions levelled against him

[yellowcard]

Questions rising around Usmanoz and his relationship with Everton and Moshri. USM and Megafon are major investors in Everton and Uzmanov is looking like he is going to have sanctions levelled against him

https://www.newstalk.com/sport/everton-urged-to-cut-ties-with-usmanov-after-eu-seize-oligarchs-assets-1317078

[Jeepers Creepers]

Chelsea up for sale.

[J70]

Chelsea up for sale.

3 billion apparently.

1.5 for the club, 1.5 which is owed to Abramowich.

[yellowcard]

Chelsea up for sale.

3 billion apparently.

1.5 for the club, 1.5 which is owed to Abramowich.

Tory politicians giving the Oligarch's enough time to dispose of their assets. Which raises the question why.

[imtommygunn]

It's their bosses

[93-DY-SAM]

Chelsea up for sale.

3 billion apparently.

1.5 for the club, 1.5 which is owed to Abramowich.

Tory politicians giving the Oligarch's enough time to dispose of their assets. Which raises the question why.

I think the answer is fairly obvious. The Tory's are up to their necks in Russian money and backroom deals with these Oligarchs who I say have some dirty laundry they would air. The whole system is corrupt. Rotten to the core and more than a few bad apples. It is a shame it has taken a war like this to shine the spotlight on it.

[yellowcard]

Chelsea up for sale.

3 billion apparently.

1.5 for the club, 1.5 which is owed to Abramowich.

Tory politicians giving the Oligarch's enough time to dispose of their assets. Which raises the question why.

I think the answer is fairly obvious. The Tory's are up to their necks in Russian money and backroom deals with these Oligarchs who I say have some dirty laundry they would air. The whole system is corrupt. Rotten to the core and more than a few bad apples. It is a shame it has taken a war like this to shine the spotlight on it.

It was a rhetorical statement and of course you are correct. But at least it highlights the hypocrisy of the system and how it is abused for their own self interest by those in positions of power.

[gawa316]

Chelsea up for sale.

3 billion apparently.

1.5 for the club, 1.5 which is owed to Abramowich.

I read in his statement he didn't want loans re-paid

[Main Street]

Not going into whatever else goes on in his business life as i haven't a scooby,  but from an EPL club point of view he been an excellent owner. Chelsea have really benefited from his stewardship and he's leaving them in a strong position with a very good manager, a strong squad and a debt write off.

[trileacman]

His ownership made Chelsea into a Titan of European football. They were little more than an Everton or Spurs when he bought them. He transformed club football in Europe too, the first club to really pour big money into the game. Whilst he lead the way it's probably naive to say he's to blame for the commercialisation of football and the erosion of the traditional football landscape. He was a part of it surely but it was just a matter of time before big business realised they could manipulate football to their own ends. Look how rugby is now inthralled to venture capitalists and hedge funds.