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Due to his links with the President of Russia Vladimir Putin, Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich is sanctioned, with negative consequences for the London club and its employees. A situation that former Blues striker Didier Drogba regrets.
Pending the sale of Chelsea scheduled for the coming weeks, Roman Abramovich is not the only one to suffer the consequences of his sanctions. The leader, considered a supporter of Russian President Vladimir Putin during the war in Ukraine, sees the London club and its employees affected by the freezing of its accounts in several countries. A difficult situation to understand for former Chelsea player Didier Drogba, who believes that the English government has not made the right decisions.
« It’s a special period for me, having played for this club for nine years. I had a special relationship with the supporters and all the members of this club, all the people at the administrative levelreacted the consultant on the set of Canal +. I’m a bit sorry because war is something serious, it’s something terrible. That we sanction the person in relation to his links and his proximity to Vladimir Putin, I can understand that. But that we sanction the club which is in England… »
« All the employees are English for the most part, so we sanction the English through this decision. I find it a pity. These are people who are invested, who have been at the club for 10, 15, 20 or 30 years. These are collateral damage of war. We all hope that football, or rather sport in general, will always be put aside, and that he will always be an ambassador for peace in the world. “, Claimed the former striker of Olympique de Marseille.
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