Newcastle co-owner on Roman Abramovich selling Chelsea: 'I do not think that is particularly fair'

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Newcastle co-owner Amanda Staveley came to the defense of Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich on Thursday, saying the Russian oligarch had been treated unfairly.

Abramovich, who took over as club owner in 2003, came under pressure over the last two weeks to sell the team over his ties to the Kremlin. He announced earlier this week he would do so and donate the proceeds of the sale to the victims of the Ukraine war.

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Amanda Staveley, chief executive officer of PCP Capital Partners, and husband Mehrdad Ghodoussi look on prior to the Premier League match between Newcastle United and Manchester United at St James' Park on Dec. 27, 2021, in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. (Ian MacNicol/Getty Images)

Staveley said she didn’t think it was "particularly fair" for Abramovich to give up the club.

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"We are always going to have geopolitical issues," she said at the Financial Times Business of Football Summit, via Sky Sports. "This world is never going to not have problems, and I know it is really hard, and I am really sad today that someone [ Abramovich] is going to have a football club taken away because of a relationship they may have with someone [Russia President Vladimir Putin]. I do not think that is particularly fair, actually, to be honest."

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Chief Executive Officer of PCP Capital Partners Amanda Staveley poses for a photograph during an interview at St. James Park on Nov. 10, 2021, in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. (Serena Taylor/Newcastle United via Getty Images)

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