Sale of Chelsea would require additional licence, says UK PM's spokesman

The UK is open to selling London-based Chelsea football club, though it would require another license for the sale to go ahead.

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The New Arab Staff & Agencies

10 March, 2022

The sale of Chelsea FC would require another license [Getty]

Britain's government is open to the sale of Chelsea football club but for that to go ahead, it would require another licence, a spokesman for Prime Minister Boris Johnson said after sanctions were imposed on its owner, Roman Abramovich.

"We would have to grant a further licence. I think it is fair to say the government is open to the sale of the club, but ... currently, it would require another licence and that would require a further conversation with the Treasury (finance ministry)," he told reporters.

"The principle has been to mitigate the impact on fans ..., these measures are designed to punish those close to Putin.”

(Reuters)