Roman Abramovich turns his back on football after tense period with Chelsea sale

Roman Abramovich has distanced himself from football since he was forced to sell Chelsea in 2021. He was angered by the UK government’s decision to revoke his ‘golden visa’ in 2018 and later had to give up the club due to sanctions following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Read also £2.5bn from Chelsea sale still frozen three years after Abramovich left Friends close to the Russian billionaire say he has lost interest in the sport, rarely watchin…