Three things that will ‘definitely’ happen to Arsenal if Roman Abramovich sells Chelsea

The ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine continues to affect the wider world and sport has not escaped its reach. Russian teams and athletes are facing disqualification from tournaments and competitions and now Chelsea are facing potentially huge ramifications.

Arsenal’s west London rivals are facing the possibility of seeing their club sold in the coming days. Roman Abramovich is willing to listen to offers for Chelsea. Swiss business tycoon Hansjoerg Wyss has claimed that Abramovich has sounded out interest in buying the Blues and as reported by , talks are ongoing between the pair.

There remains much speculation about what this would mean for Chelsea. However, the club’s accounts ending June 2021 showed a loss of £145.6m after tax and that the club owed the Abramovich-controlled parent company Fordstam a staggering £1.514bn.

How does this affect Arsenal? There are a number of ways it could, however, for now, Chelsea will continue onwards with their ambitions for the 2021/22 season.

Arsenal will face Chelsea once more when their Premier League fixture at Stamford Bridge is rescheduled. Having lost the League Cup final, Chelsea still have ambitions in the FA Cup and Champions League. Whereas the Gunners are solely focused on achieving a top-four finish.

The top four appears a formality for Chelsea but were Arsenal to win their games in hand and beat the Blues, they would go above them in the table.

Yet, were Abramovich to sell, this season is unlikely to have any bearing on the Gunners' rivalry with their London opponents.

However, the summer transfer window presents a different story. With no guarantee that a buyer of Chelsea would run the club in the same manner as Abramovich, there is a likelihood that the financial