Chelsea cannot be allowed to operate as business as usual after sanctions were imposed on Roman Abramovich, Sports Minister, Nigel Huddleston has said. He recently had his say while speaking to the press, and fans have been reacting.
According to him, his honest and open opinion is that the impact will definitely be heavy and supporters must be ready for consequences.
Nigel added that he has tried to make reasonable modifications to the licence to enable fans to engage with the club and continue as much as reasonably possible, but it hasn’t been successful.
His words, “We’ve got to be careful of making sure there isn’t any incremental new revenue generation.”
“We have had constant dialogue with Chelsea fans because the whole strategy throughout is to be very, very clear that Roman Abramovich has been sanctioned and that has clearly had implications,”
“I was very honest and open with the Chelsea fans saying ‘this will have an impact because he has been sanctioned and he is the owner of the club’.”
“We have tried to make reasonable modifications to the licence to enable fans to engage with the club and continue as much as reasonably possible.”
“I continue to work with the fans, but I was very clear from day one and it’s still the case – this is not business as usual.”
“This is a different world because the club’s owner has been sanctioned.”
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