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Roman Abramovich owned Chelsea from 2003 to 2022. The Russian oligarch has invested some 1.5 billion francs in the club. He also put more than 100 million in Vitesse Arnhem.
He would have violated UEFA rules. It defines ownership of one or more clubs: “No natural or legal person may control or influence more than one participating club.”
Chelsea repeatedly used Vitesse Arnhem to park young talent. Mason Mount or Nemanja Matic are the most prominent examples. The KNVB investigated the links between the clubs in 2010 and 2015, but never found enough evidence to prove Abramovich’s influence.
Cash flows can be used to track investments
Leaked documents – the “Guardian” and the “Bureau of Investigative Journalism” have them – show how Abramovich secretly supported his second club. The former Chelsea boss sent money to the Vitesse Holding Company through various companies in tax havens, with which his friends financed the club.
Three people and six different companies were involved in the construction. It all started when ex-Georgian footballer Merab Jordania took over the club in 2010. Three years later, he was succeeded by another friend of Abramovich.
Aleksandar Tschigirinski was financially involved when he joined the company in 2010. Coincidentally, he also owns three companies through which Abramovich’s money flowed into the Vitesse Holding Company. Chigirinsky himself sold the club to the next Russian in 2018.
Is it all just a gesture of friendship? Hardly likely
When asked about the situation, Georgian Jordania admits in the “Guardian” that both Abramovich and Chigirinsky supported him financially. Although the friends knew that he would use the money for Arnhem, they would have lent him the money as a private individual. “Let’s call it personal debt to my friends.”
Jordania tells the same story on this subject as any other official from both clubs. Because: even with the latest information, it cannot be definitively proven whether UEFA rules have actually been violated. The leaked documents only show that the ex-Chelsea boss secretly supported a second club with more than 100 million between 2010 and 2018.
A slip by Jordania in 2014 shows that Chelsea did have an influence on the Dutch first division. At the time, he scolded the Blues for preventing Arnhem from strengthening their team in the championship race and for the Champions League. qualification, ” because London did not want it». He later retracted this statement. (dti)
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Source : Blick
I’m Emma Jack, a news website author at 24 News Reporters. I have been in the industry for over five years and it has been an incredible journey so far. I specialize in sports reporting and am highly knowledgeable about the latest trends and developments in this field.
