Roman Abramovich: Matthew Syed’s 2013 viral interview on Chelsea owner

Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich has been sanctioned by the UK government.

His assets have been frozen which includes the west London club.

He’s now unable to sell the Stamford Bridge club as he had planned to. Instead, he will have to apply for a special licence from the government to do so. Then, the government will take control of the sale and the Russian will receive no money from it.

It seems that’s the only way out for both Abramovich and Chelsea.

It’s been almost 20 years since Abramovich purchased the west London club and he’s brought incredible success with his heavy investment.

While many Chelsea fans adore the businessman for what’s he has done, there are a few people that have always questioned his presence in British football.

One of the most outspoken of them is Matthew Syed, columnist for The Times.

And his comments about Abramovich back in 2013 – 10 years after he had arrived in the Premier League – have been going viral this week.

Appearing on Sky Sports News, Syed is very strong in his opinion that Abramovich should never have been allowed to buy a football club in the first place.

We must stress that this is the opinion of Syed and all claims he makes are his own view, not ours.

Check out the video below:

This piece on #Abramovich at Chelsea by @matthewsyed from 2013 is an incredible watch & searingly insightful as to why he ever bought the club. pic.twitter.com/U9XFCsN51e

Syed says: “Well he’s definitely spent a lot of money there’s no disputing that. But one has to look at how he’s amassed his wealth and his QC, Jonathan Sumption admitted in open court in his case against Boris Berezovsky that he had secured his money in a rigged privatisation. Essentially, the Oligarchs did a deal with Boris Yeltsin,