MOSCOW, February 28 Chelsea football club after a Saturday statement by Russian businessman Roman Abramovich, Sky Sports reported. On February 26, Abramovich handed over management of Chelsea to trustees of the London team's charitable foundation in connection with sanctions against the backdrop of worsening Russian-Ukrainian relations. Despite the transfer of management of the club, he will remain the owner of the Blues. It is noted that the six members of the trustees of the charity want to receive more information about how legal it would be to own a football club under British charity law. The foundation's lawyers are working on the possibility of implementing Abramovich's proposal. Abramovich acquired Chelsea in 2003 for about 140 million pounds from Englishman Ken Bates. In 2012, the London club won the Champions League for the first time in its history, and already in 2021 it was able to repeat the success, once again becoming the best club in Europe. Under Abramovich, Chelsea won the Premier League five times, the FA Cup five times and the Europa League twice (2013 and 2019).
