NATO could definitely

walking down the holmesdale road to see the palace aces!

Your pretty daft if you think Abramovich’s statement was genuine... it was a definite attempt to avoid sanctions, which thankfully he hasn’t ... it’s all over for Chelsea and they have to face up it, no more endless supplies of corrupt money...

Excellent post, completely agree

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So not the UK government then, in which case I don't understand your original post comparing "making Chelsea a bit s***" (an action of the UK government) to "imposing a no-fly zone" (which NATO might be able to do, at the risk of prompting a nuclear war, and which in any case would need the agreement of all of its member states).

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There is absolutely no way the government would let a club of Chelsea’s stature go out businesses. They pay millions in taxes and employ hundreds of people, stewards, shop assistants, hotel staff, security, admin, etc, etc. Anyway they have frozen Abrahamovic’s assets not confiscated them. The government can’t sell his assets and he may now decide not to sell but run the club but run it into the ground. Who knows what the future holds but it is a sad state of affairs when the government can sanctions assets of a private citizen without due process. Whatever Roman has done in Russia is no concern of the British government because they said he was a fit and proper person to buy the club in 2003. By the same yardstick are we going to grab Newcastle United if at some future date we fall out with the despicable Saudis.

Would expect it to be sold PDQ - it’s in the government’s interest, it’s in the buyer’s interest as it would help to prevent players out of contract leaving at the end of the season. And asking price seems pretty irrelevant given Abramovich can’t make any money out of it.