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Abramovich statement a 'cowardly approach' says Neville as Carragher says Chelsea have 'embarrassed themselves' by not mentioning Ukraine

Jamie Carragher and Gary Neville have both hit out at Chelsea and the club's owner Roman Abramovich amid a continuing firestorm over Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Abramovich, who has been criticised over alleged close ties to Russian president Vladimir Putin, announced on Saturday he had passed the "stewardship" of Chelsea to the club's charitable foundation.

The club followed with a brief statement on Sunday, which reads: "The situation in Ukraine is horrific and devastating. Chelsea FC’s thoughts are with everyone in Ukraine. Everyone at the club is praying for peace."

Speaking on Sky Sports, Neville hit out at Abramovich's gesture, saying it was clear that the Russian billionaire is still in charge.

"One of the smartest things that I think Roman Abramovich has done over the last 20 years is not speak, not make statements," Neville said. "Because the statement that he made last night left more questions than answers.

"If anything I thought it was, to be fair, a cowardly approach to sort of throw a hospital pass to good people on the charitable and foundation board when it's quite clear he runs the club with Marina [Granovskaia, club director] and [technical and performance advisor] Petr Cech.

"There's no way that the charitable foundation of Chelsea is running the club and I'm not quite sure why Roman Abramovich made that statement.

"If he wanted to make a statement of any note it would have been whether he supports the war in Ukraine or he actually doesn't support the war in Ukraine."

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