Sponsor Three suspends partnership with Chelsea | sports

Mobile network Three has asked current sponsor Chelsea to temporarily suspend its sponsorship and remove its branding from the club’s shirt and stadium. “In light of the recently announced government sanctions, we have asked Chelsea Football Club to temporarily suspend our sponsorship of the club, including removing our branding from the shirts and around the stadium until further notice,” said a spokesperson for Chelsea. Three. In this way, Chelsea will not be able to carry mobile phone advertising on their shirt in the match against Norwich.

“We recognize that this decision will affect the many Chelsea fans who follow their team with a passion. However, we believe that given the circumstances and the current government sanction, it is the right thing to do.” “As a mobile network, the best way we can support the people of Ukraine is to ensure that refugees arriving in the UK from conflict and customers currently in Ukraine can stay connected to the people they care about. Therefore, we are offering connectivity packages to all Ukrainians arriving in the UK and those in Ukraine,” the company added.

The British Government freezes the assets of Abramovich, owner of Chelsea

The British government announced this Thursday that it has frozen the assets of the Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich, owner of the Chelsea football club (current champion of the Champions League), due to the “close relationship” he has had with the Russian regime “for decades” . The London Executive has published a list of seven other oligarchs to whom it imposes sanctions for their links with the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, in response to the invasion of Ukraine. “This relationship has included obtaining a financial or other material benefit through Putin or the Government of Russia,” London explained in a statement about Abramovich, who has also imposed a travel ban to the United Kingdom.

The Russian billionaire bought Chelsea in 2003 for nearly €100m and has since built them into one of Europe’s top teams with 18 titles, including two European Cups, five Premier League titles and five FA Cups. His purchase of the club helped transform the landscape of English football with Chelsea breaking the dominance of Manchester United, Arsenal and Liverpool. However, after the outbreak of war in Ukraine, the oligarch has put the London club up for sale. However, that process is now on hold, leaving the club, ranked by Forbes as the seventh most valuable in world football at £3.2bn, in a state of limbo.

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