Chelsea’s shirt sponsor, telecommunications company Three, has placed the deal under review after the UK Government on Thursday imposed sanctions on the club’s owner Roman Abramovich.Abramovich has been sanctioned, freezing the Russian-Israeli billionaire’s planned sale of Chelsea. The 55-year-old put Chelsea up for sale on March 2 in the wake of Russia’s continued invasion of Ukraine.
Abramovich has owned Chelsea since 2003 and has always staunchly denied any current political links to Russia’s ruling elite, but Boris Johnson’s Government has now frozen all his UK assets.
And that has already had a knock-on effect with Three pondering their three-year sponsorship deal.
A company spokesperson said: “We are in discussions with Chelsea and reviewing our position.”
The deal was announced in January 2020, with the company logos appearing on shirts from the start of last season.
“Three is pro …
- March 11, 2022
