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The Latest Breaking News from Roman Abramovich

£2.5bn from Chelsea sale ‘still locked up’ three years on

Roman Abramovich was forced to sell the club after being placed under sanction by the UK Government over his links to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Evening Standard

Officials to explore housing Ukrainian refugees in Roman Abramovich properties

The Government was being pressed again on ending the stalemate over cash from the sale of Chelsea FC.

Evening Standard

New British Virgin Isles measures don’t protect businesses or privacy – they protect criminals

If overseas territories refuse to implement meaningful corporate transparency reforms, we must use our powers to ensure they do

The Guardian - UK

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Will the Dodgers’ billions make MLB like European soccer? Not so fast …

The World Series champions have been accused of becoming baseball’s Manchester City, spending their way to success. But there are differences

The Guardian - US

Best Chelsea kits to sport when watching the Blues

True Blue forever? Jen Offord lists the iconic shirts every real fan should own

Evening Standard

Roman Abramovich’s tax affairs must be investigated, MPs say

Cross-party group on tax calls for HMRC to act after Guardian investigation finds former Chelsea owner may owe up to £1bn

The Guardian - UK

Roman Abramovich may owe HMRC £1bn for unpaid taxes, analysis shows

Exclusive: Leaked papers suggest billionaire’s overseas firms should have paid UK tax on profits from hedge funds

The Guardian - UK

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What the papers say – January 29

Wednesday’s speech by Chancellor Rachel Reeves dominates the day’s front pages.

The Independent UK

Tuesday briefing: How an unknown Chinese startup wiped $593bn from the value of an AI giant

In today’s newsletter: the US has had a huge head start on artificial intelligence – but now a low-cost rival from Hangzhou has turned the industry on its head

The Guardian - UK

Revealed: how Roman Abramovich dodged taxes on cost of running his fleet of superyachts

Cyprus Confidential files suggest offshore scheme was used to evade tens of millions in VAT on long list of expenses

The Guardian - UK

Chelsea in talks to avoid points deduction over secret transfer payments made under Roman Abramovich

Club in talks with Premier League over financial settlement over alleged rule breaches 10 years ago

Evening Standard

Chelsea hope for financial deal with Premier League over secret transfer payments

Chelsea are negotiating with the Premier League over a financial settlement related to secret payments for transfers made during Roman Abramovich’s ownership

The Guardian - UK

‘It was without a doubt one of the most important matches that I played in my career. It wasn’t just Champions League football – it was a whole club at stake’: Ex-Chelsea star opens up on key game which changed the Blues' fortunes forever

Chelsea became a completely new club overnight, following one key victory

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‘Fairly and cleanly’: Mourinho hits back at Guardiola with Manchester City jibe

José Mourinho has delivered a withering response to Pep Guardiola after the latter saying he had won twice as many Premier League titles as his long-time rival

The Guardian - UK

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The Guardian - UK

States of Play: making sense of football’s descent into the morass

In charting the game’s transformation into a geopolitical weapon, new book serves an urgent and crucial purpose

Evening Standard

Chelsea FC: UK government 'moving forward' on £2bn from club sale being spent on humanitarian work in Ukraine

A Foreign Office minister told Parliament that the Government was committed to making progress in releasing the funds

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Flops, fallouts, 4-4-3s and fans' wrath: A timeline Chelsea under Todd Boehly's BlueCo

Chelsea were bought out by BlueCo and Todd Boehly in 2022 - who have overseen an era of hyper-spending under four permanent managers and three squad overhauls

The Guardian - UK

Gloves are off as Boehly and Eghbali battle for supremacy at Chelsea

With too many grievances spilling out into the open over the past week, Clearlake Capital and Boehly are now looking for ways to buy each other out

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The Independent UK

Enzo Maresca not concerned by reported rift between Chelsea co-owners

Todd Boehly and Behdad Eghbali were at the heart of the Blues’ 2022 takeover when Roman Abramovich sold the club.

The Guardian - UK

Clearlake hopes to buy out Todd Boehly or remove his power in Chelsea civil war

Chelsea’s majority shareholder, Clearlake, feels Todd Boehly should sell up or accept governance changes that strip him of influence over decisions

The Guardian - UK

Todd Boehly wants Chelsea resolution as Clearlake relationship breaks down

Todd Boehly has lost faith in his working relationship with Clearlake Capital and wants to find a resolution that would prevent civil war breaking out at Chelsea

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'Roman Abramovich wanted me to sign for CSKA Moscow - I wasn't sure, so he said, “Well, you’re not going to Spurs"': Former Chelsea striker describes having Tottenham move blocked

Former Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich blocked one of his players from joining Tottenham in the mid-2000s

The Guardian - UK

Russian prisoner swap deal was to have included Alexei Navalny

Negotiations, which began months earlier, originally included release of late opposition leader

The Guardian - UK

Vitesse Arnhem face potential bankruptcy after having licence revoked

The Dutch FA, the KNVB, said the club’s financial problems ‘made it impossible to allow the licence to continue’, though Vitesse will appeal

The Guardian - UK

The Kremlin’s Noose by Amy Knight review – vital primer on Putin’s Russia and Boris Berezovsky’s death

The American historian and expert on Russia has written a definitive study of the flamboyant life and mysterious death of the oligarch, a confidant of Yeltsin and a man to whom Putin was once indebted

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