Chelsea players pay gas for bankrupt club transfers
The Chelsea players paid for the fuel for the team’s transfers after the economic crisis in which the club of Russian tycoon Roman Abramovich fell, with a close relationship with the president of Russia, Vladimir Putin.
The war between Ukraine and Russia, derived from the invasion of the Russian army, caused economic sanctions to the capitals of that origin and the Chelsea of England was not left out. According to the Spanish newspaper Mundo Deportivo, the club “is adrift today.”
Chelsea, the last European champion, “lives unforeseen moments” and the players of the powerful squad “took charge of paying the fuel for the team’s transfers”.
Cesar Azpilicueta, the Spanish captain of Chelsea, paid a large part of the expenses for the displacement of the squad in his last commitments for the Premier League out of his pocket.
In a tone of laughter, Tomas Tuchel, coach of the team, had confessed that he would have “no problems” driving the campus bus “if necessary”, a situation that today “no longer seems like a joke,” the newspaper highlights.
Chelsea, which plays this Wednesday against Real Madrid in the first leg of the Champions League quarterfinals, has its assets frozen. Money only enters for television rights and this goes to a fund destined to pay salaries.
A payroll that, between players and workers, exceeds 30 million euros per month. For this reason, every day that passes with the club without being sold, worries increase, the press highlights.
Meanwhile, there is still no definitive date for the sale, although it is expected that between April 11 and 18 there will be a “defined and favorite” candidate to find out who will succeed Abramovich at the club and the operation will be closed by the end of April .
The owner of the Boston Celtics, Stephen Pagliuca, the consortium led by Todd Boehly, co-owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers, Martin Broughton, former president of British Airways and Liverpool, and the Ricketts family, owners of the Chicago Cubs, are on the “list of four” who aspire to buy Chelsea, today almost bankrupt.
