Club Statement

[roydo]

Does Bill ultimately be blamed for this chaos we find ourselves in?
In his haste to find a financial backer was he a bit too hasty in selecting someone he must have known had associates who were Russian and everything that it brings?

Bit of a stretch that.

Chelsea have been owned for 20 years by a similar guy. We aint even owned by a Russian. Officially.

 

[LABlue2]

Does Bill ultimately be blamed for this chaos we find ourselves in?
In his haste to find a financial backer was he a bit too hasty in selecting someone he must have known had associates who were Russian and everything that it brings?

If that was haste, I’d hate to see Bill “taking his time”

 

[johnjoeefc]

Come on you can't blame Bill for whats happened. He's only looked at doing what's best for the clubs long term future.

Give the man a break

 

[Bluerover]

I don’t agree at all. The amount of money provided to Everton via USM thus far is not a big deal, and at present, USM can continue to do as much business as they wish to within the UK.

Say USM becomes a tainted brand, Moshiri (a British feller with a clean DBS) will find a new company to sponsor us. He’s good friends with NEC, I believe.

That would bring us back to winning the Cup in 95

 

[blue to the bone]

Good so see some of the forum intellectuals debating the finer points of the conflict here .
Real enlighting stuff ?

 

[WilliamPerry]

Come on you can't blame Bill for whats happened. He's only looked at doing what's best for the clubs long term future.

Give the man a break

Bill has always done what’s best for Bill

 

[tommytowne]

Bit of a stretch that.

Chelsea have been owned for 20 years by a similar guy. We aint even owned by a Russian. Officially.

I'm asking the question only because there are those on here that will blame him for Merseyrail trains running late. I'll be honest and say that once I heard of the Usmanov connection I was a bit wary of his presence.

 

[davek]

In terms of catastrophic effect, I'd put this day on the same level as the day the European ban was announced in '85.

 

[Azza]

So let me guess how this goes.

Abramovich sells Cheslea to a coalition of billionaires.

Moshiri sells Everton to Mike Ashley.

 

[Nymzee]

Doom doom doom

 

[Narntwinnysivven]

It’s the same blag ownership structure in place; with a British citizen that has a clean DBS fronting everything. They’ve just removed some of the blag advertising. Nobody has gone anywhere.

Exactly. The word suspended means nothing other than hiding the advertising boards. Utd & schalke ended their sponsorships which would be a massive problem here. Big difference.

 

[blue to the bone]

Chelsea officially up for sale

 

[bring back the catt]

Would hope Moshiri started planning for this as soon as sanctions were mentioned. Right thing to do though

This escalation into invasion has been rumbling for an age now. Usi is, amongst many things, wealthy and powerful and highly influential and because of this will have first rate advisors. Heck, he may even know of a good accountant.
Do not think for a nanosecond all angles will not have been thought of and considered and provisos put into place.
Long before any sanctions were placed upon him, he would have had many ghost companies set up, with almost impossible to trace connections. Third party, more like thirty third party connections.
The word to Moshiri would be to keep progressing. Keep paying as this atrocity will not be forever and when something like normality reigns, you will receive everything back.
These people haven't got this far in life with this amount of wealth without complex structures in place, and they will not want to lose on a possible large gain when they sell the club.

 

[Dymak]

Chelsea officially up for sale

Up for sale at a price nobody will pay. You could be forgiven for thinking it was a PR move.

 

[Mat70s]

Up for sale at a price nobody will pay. You could be forgiven for thinking it was a PR move.

Or a panic move. He probably needs to be out of the UK quickly. Very quickly.