[Sports Road News]The Russian owner of the Premier League team Cheluz Abba Morich suddenly announced his intention to sell the club on Wednesday (2nd) night. He said in a statement that selling the team was an “extremely difficult decision”. And it makes him “painful”, but believes that this is the best decision for the team, fans, employees, sponsors and partners; Abbotsford also made it clear that he will donate all the net proceeds from the sale of the club to A specially created foundation “to assist all victims of the Ukrainian war”.
Participated in Russia and Ukraine inPeace talks on Belarusian borderAlbham Rich, who has put the “management and care” of the London club on Saturday (26th)To the Cherus Charitable Trust, has already attracted speculation that he intends to sell the club. It wasn’t until about an hour before Chelsea’s FA Cup 5th lap visit to Championship side Luton on Wednesday night that Abbot Richmond suddenly announced on the team’s official website that he planned to sell the team.
The rich Russian businessmanin the statement“I will always make decisions in the best interests of the club and given the current situation, I have decided to sell the club. I will not sell the club in a hurry, everything will follow the procedure and I will not ask the club to repay the loan. It’s never about business or money, it’s about passion for the game and the club. I have also instructed the team to set up a foundation where all net proceeds from the sale of the club will be donated to assist all the victims of the war in Ukraine .”
Abba Morich said: “I hope to visit Stamford Bridge for the last time and say goodbye to everyone in person. It is an honor of my life to be a member of Chelus, and I am proud of what we have achieved together, Chelu The players and all the fans will always be in my heart.” According to reports, Abbotsford, who bought the club for £140 million that year, set the price of selling the club at 3 billion pounds (about 313 million pounds). 100 million Hong Kong dollars); after he became the owner of Chelus, he loaned a total of 1.5 billion pounds to the club.
The Chelus players, who had already received news of Abbotsford’s intention to sell the club before the FA Cup match, were not greatly affected in the game. Two goals, scored a 3-2 victory over Luton and entered the semi-finals. Blue Warriors team leader Du Cao said after the game: “It’s too early to talk about this at this stage, but I can’t imagine the days when Chelus didn’t have Albamore. It’s very difficult for me, but all this The feeling that it will stop is yet to come, and there will definitely be major changes ahead.”
The news that Abbott Richmond intends to sell the club was earlier “exploded” by Hansjörg Wyss, a wealthy Swiss businessman who started out by producing medical equipment. . Wes, 86, said: “I have to think for four or five days, the price that Abbotage is asking for is way too high. You have to know that Chelus owes him $2 billion, but the club doesn’t have any money at all. All I can say is, I’m definitely not going to host the club alone, if I were to buy a Cherus, it would definitely be a consortium of 6 or 7 investors.” According to Forbes, as of 2021 , Wes’s net worth is about 5.8 billion US dollars (about 45.3 billion Hong Kong dollars).
After Albham Richter joined Chelus in 2003, the team won a total of 19 trophies, including 5 Premier League, 5 FA Cup, 3 League Cup, 2 Europa League, 2 times. Europa Cup, etc.
Source: Comprehensive foreign media
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