A full breakdown of £103m Chelsea could lose by end of May due to Roman Abramovich sanctions

The British government has hit Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich with sanctions halting the sale of his most famous UK asset - Chelsea Football Club. The measures not only stop the club from being acquired by someone else, they also prevent match tickets and merchandise from being sold.

How much will this hit Chelsea FC and Roman Abramovich in the pocket? well, MyLondon has examined the details of the sanctions and the club’s finances to estimate just how big the losses will be with a quarter of the season still to be played.

It’s important to remember Chelsea has already been paid significant proportions of their revenue for this season. Media reports suggesting the Blues could lose hundreds of millions are inaccurate because many of the figures quoted include money the club already has and sanctions are not backdated.

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The sanctions allow those who purchased match tickets before Thursday to attend games. This means Chelsea’s 28,000 season ticket holders will be able to continue to go to Stamford Bridge.

However, any of the 14,000 remaining seats that are unsold will remain so. Although losing out on individual seats, the price of which starts at £47, is bad it’s the unsold hospitality packages that will really hit Chelsea in the pocket. Starting at £240 and going all the way up to £7,000 these are usually the last to sell out.

Chelsea have five remaining home games in the Premier League, the first of which, against Newcastle, is already sold out. The club has already announced it will not be selling tickets for the match against Middlesborough in a fortnight in the FA Cup, where 7,000 away fans would be