Roman Abramovich has clarified through his own spokesman that he is not asking for a large sum of money as has been rumored. And confirmed that he wants people to own Chelsea after him, invest in all aspects of the club fully.

Roman Abramovich, Russian Billionaire Denied the news that he asked for money that had been loaned to Chelsea after it was said that it was a major issue that caused problems in the process of selling the team.

Abramovich was forced to sell Chelsea over the UK government's view of him being close to Russian President Vladimir Putin, prompting the city's government to impose sanctions on him. His property was confiscated, with Putin now being severely criticized for his invasion of Ukraine.

Abramovich has previously announced that he will not seek any proceeds from the sale of Chelsea and will use a portion of the proceeds to help war victims. Throughout the past, the trend of selling the team seems to be going well. Amid rumours, American billionaire Todd Bohly is the favorite to take over Chelsea.

However, in the past few days, there hasn't been much progress. It was rumored that the reason was because Abramovich wanted the money he had previously loaned to Chelsea for every penny. The amount that is in the range of 1.5-1.6 billion pounds (about 64,500-68,800 million baht) and that is contrary to the requirements set by the government. Because they made it clear that Abramovich would not have any money in their pockets at all for the sale of the team. It has even been played out that Chelsea will be expelled from the league if they cannot find a new owner by June 8.

Still, a spokesman for Abramovich recently clarified that the Russian businessman had not asked for a refund of the amount. and will not receive any income Either with the sale of the team this time, of course. The statement stated that "After the press releases about the sale of Chelsea FC, we would like to clarify some points."