Harsh consequences of Abramovich’s ‘goodbye’

Roman Abramovich announced that, after 14 years as owner of Chelsea and as a result of the conflict between Ukraine and Russia, the London team was for sale. However, and according to reports from England, his ‘goodbye’ might not be the only one that occurs at Stamford Bridge. “Multiple sources inside and outside the club fear that key personnel like Bruce Buck, Marina Granovskaia and Petr Cech will follow Abramovich out the exit door”they report in The Athletic. And it is that the departure of these members of the board Blue It would unleash a series of problems in the sports field, such as the sale of some important players that was not planned.

While Buck also joined the club in 2004 and, in addition to serving as chairman, has become a trusted adviser to Abramovich, Granovskaia has been in charge of transfers at Chelsea since 2014 and “could leave the club in the coming weeks”. In addition, in the case of what has been one of Roman Abramovich’s right-hand men for more than ten years, all the renewal operations that he had on the table (Antonio Rudiger, César Azpilicueta or Andreas Christensen) could fail if it ends producing its output. And it is that, Among the operations carried out by Marina Granovskaia, the incorporations of Kai Havertz and Romelu Lukaku stand out, for 80M and 115M euros respectively.

At the same time, from England they affirm that, with the sale of Chelsea by the Russian billionaire, “The financial stability of the club has been called into question after the departure of Abramovich”. And it is that, in the 14 years of mandate, the Russian billionaire has invested 1,500 million pounds (more than 1,800 million euros) in the London team. In this way, and despite the fact that there are already personalities interested in bidding for the Blue painting, the solution for sustainability could go through “making money with several high-level players”to which it had not been planned to sell during the next summer market.