Sympathetic Staveley: 'It's not fair Abramovich has to sell Chelsea'
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Reading Time: 2min | Fri. 04.03.22. | 11:59
Newcastle United co-owner claims it's sad to see the Blues owner was basically forced to give up on the club
Newcastle co-owner Amanda Staveley admitted she thinks it is unfair that Roman Abramovich will sell Chelsea due to the war in Ukraine.
Chelsea have won 17 major trophies since Abramovich bought the club in 2003, but he announced on Wednesday that he was planning to sell.
#NUFC co-owner Amanda Staveley says she 'doesn't think it's fair' that Roman Abramovich has decided to sell Chelsea because of a relationship 'he may have' with Russian president, Vladimir Putin. pic.twitter.com/Q1tq7NYRPZ
— Sky Sports News (@SkySportsNews) March 3, 2022
Staveley, speaking at the Financial Times Business of Football Summit, also faced questions about Newcastle's relationship with Saudi Arabia following the club's Saudi-backed takeover. She said:
"We're always going to have geopolitical issues. I'm really sad that someone is going to have a football club taken away because of a relationship he may have with someone.
"I don't think that's particularly fair, to be honest. But we do have to hold all of our relationships to account."
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Staveley also said she had looked at buying Chelsea before setting up a consortium to buy Newcastle.
"One great thing about taking four years to buy Newcastle is we had a great opportunity to look at every club, including Chelsea," she said. "Chelsea is a wonderful club, but there was only one club for us and will only ever be one club for us.
"We like the challenge of buying a club at 20th position [in the league] and getting it to the top."
Meanwhile, Staveley and her husband and business partner Mehrdad Ghodoussi are the subjects of a High Court claim by former Newcastle owner Mike Ashley, who says she breached the terms of a £10m loan by criticising his tenure at the club.
PREMIER LEAGUE - ROUND 28
Saturday
15:30: (1.87) Leicester (3.60) Leeds (4.20)
18:00: (2.45) Aston Villa (3.30) Southampton (2.95)
18:00: (7.50) Burnley (4.10) Chelsea (1.48)
18:00: (2.70) Newcastle (3.05) Brighton (2.80)
18:00: (2.90) Norwich (3.05) Brentford (2.60)
18:00: (2.35) Wolverhampton (2.95) Crystal Palace (3.50)
20:30: (1.32) Liverpool (5.50) West Ham (9.00)
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