Abramovich’s spokesman denied reports of a possible purchase of one of the Brazilian football clubs

The representative of Roman Abramovich denied the report that the businessman, due to problems with investments in European clubs, plans to buy one of the Brazilian football clubs – Atlético Mineiro or Sao Paulo. On February 10, this was reported by the Brazilian portal, citing sources. Fanaticos.

“The assumption of buying a club in Brazil is not true,” Roman Abramovich’s representative told RIA Novosti.

Roman Abramovich has owned English club Chelsea since the summer of 2003. In early March 2022, he put Chelsea up for sale, shortly before sanctions were imposed on him due to the military operation in Ukraine. In May, the English Premier League approved the sale of Chelsea to US businessman Todd Boehley.

Under an agreement with the British authorities, the businessman must send all the funds received from the sale of the team to the fund to help the victims of hostilities in Ukraine. January 31 The Telegraph, citing sources reportedthat the British government will soon transfer the 2.3 billion received from the sale of Chelsea to the support fund for the victims of the events in Ukraine. By data press office of a businessman, he himself does not have access to these funds.

Read more about the difficulties in changing the owner of Chelsea – in the publication “Kommersant” “So don’t sell yourself to anyone”.

Anastasia Larina