As he prepares to depart Stamford Bridge, Roman Abramovich has referred to as his 19-year tenure as “the glory of a lifetime.”
The Premier League membership revealed on Saturday morning {that a} takeover is nearing completion, some three months after the Russian tycoon first positioned the Blues up on the market.
Chelsea will probably be owned by a gaggle led by Todd Boehly as of Monday, and Abramovich has issued a press release to have fun the conclusion of a tumultuous transition part for the membership.
It reads: “It has been practically three months since I introduced my intention to promote Chelsea FC. Throughout this time, the group have labored onerous to search out the suitable custodian for Chelsea FC that will be finest positioned to efficiently lead the Membership into its subsequent chapter.
“The possession of this Membership comes with nice duty. Since I got here to Chelsea practically twenty years in the past, I’ve witnessed first-hand what this Membership can obtain. My objective has been to make sure that the following proprietor has a mindset that can allow success for the Males’s and Ladies’s group, in addition to the need and drive to proceed creating different key facets of the Membership, such because the Academy and the very important work of Chelsea Basis.”
“I’m happy this search has now come to a profitable conclusion. As I hand over Chelsea to its new custodians, I wish to want them the perfect of success, each on and off the pitch.
“It has been an honour of a lifetime to be part of this Membership – I wish to thank all of the Membership’s previous and present gamers, employees, and naturally followers for these unimaginable years.
“I’m proud that because of our joint successes, thousands and thousands of individuals will now profit from the brand new charitable basis which is being established. That is the legacy which now we have created collectively.”
Due to his ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin, Abramovich has been topic to government-imposed sanctions since shortly after inserting Chelsea up on the market. The concern is that any monies raised could be used to help Russia in its battle in opposition to Ukraine.
