Chelsea have been branded ‘pathetic’ by Middlesbrough chairman Steve Gibson after the Blues requested this weekend’s FA Cup quarter-final be performed behind closed doorways.
The Blues have been blocked from promoting additional tickets forward of Saturday’s encounter after a authorities ban after Russian proprietor Roman Abramovich was sanctioned and had his belongings within the UK frozen.
“I can’t imagine it,” mentioned Gibson.
“Sporting integrity and Chelsea don’t belong in the identical sentence. For 19 years corrupt cash has fuelled Chelsea’s success.”
“In the event that they had been to beat us within the FA Cup, with no followers there, what would that do to the integrity of the competitors? Are they going to play all their Premier League video games behind closed doorways too? That is pathetic by Chelsea.”
“The place is the mind of Bruce Buck, the chairman of Chelsea, who has been an apologist for his proprietor, the place the trophies gained over 19 years have come from the corrupt cash supplied by Abramovich?”
“Abramovich has been kicked out of soccer and Bruce Buck needs to be kicked out of soccer, too.”
Middlesbrough assertion
“We’re conscious of Chelsea’s request to have Saturday’s Emirates FA Cup sixth spherical tie performed behind closed doorways and discover their suggestion each weird and with none benefit by any means.”
Chelsea had solely bought round 500 tickets of their 4,500 allocations previous to the ban.
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