Dylan Bettencourt
Sekuphele isonto kulethwe isivumelwano ne-Todd Boehly consortium, kodwa leso sivumelwano sisengcupheni yokuwa.
Uhulumeni wase-British uzwakalise ukukhathazeka ngokuthi isivumelwano singase singaphumeleli ngenxa yokuthi owayengumnikazi wayo uRoman Abramovich wenqaba ukuvumelana nesakhiwo esisha sokuthengisa.
Uhulumeni uzimisele ukuqinisekisa ukuthi ayikho imali engu-£ 4.25 billion eya ku-Abramovich ngemuva kokuthola unswinyo ngeqhaza lakhe ekuhlaselweni kwe-Russia e-Ukraine.
Njengamanje i-Chelsea isebenza ngelayisensi ekhethekile okumele iphelelwe isikhathi ekupheleni kukaNhlaba.
Iqembu lidinga imvume kahulumeni ngaphambi kokuthi kudlule isivumelwano se-Boehly consortium.
Kodwa-ke ukubolekwa kuka-£1.6 billion ku-Abramovich eqenjini kuholele ekutheni kubambezele isivumelwano sokuyithatha.
Uhulumeni wase-British wenze isiphakamiso sokuthi u-£2.5 billion wenani lokuthenga lingene kwi-akhawunti yomuntu wesithathu futhi ligcinwe lapho ngaphambi kokuba lidluliselwe eqenjini elikhulu. Izohlala lapho kuze kube uhulumeni uyavuma ukuthi imali izoya kwizisulu zengxabano yase-Ukraine njengoba u-Abramovich ekuphakamisile lokho.
Naphezu kokuthi u-Abramovich ephikelela ukuthi inhlangano izosiza lapho imali izongena khona uma ilethwa izizwe ezihlangene futhi angeke inikwe yena njengoba uhulumeni wase-British ufisa ukukhetha inhlangano ngokwakhe.
UTodd Boehly nokho useyintandokazi ukuthatha izintambo zeqembu lase-London ekupheleni kwenyanga. Lo oqhamuka eMelika uhambele imidlalo embalwa yakamuva yeqembu futhi waze wavakashela inkundla yokuzilolonga ukuze ahlangane nabasebenzi nabadlali bamaqembu abesilisa nabesifazane.
I-Chelsea iqinisekise ibhola le-Uefa Champions League ngoMsombuluko ebusuku ngesikhathi i-Arsenal iguqiswa ngamagoli amabili eqandeni i-Newcastle.
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