Portugal sale of Chelsea and proceeds will have “humanitarian purposes”
The Portuguese government authorized the sale of Chelsea by Roman Abramovich, a Russian citizen with a Portuguese passport, and the proceeds will be used for humanitarian purposes.
In a statement, the office of the Minister of Foreign Affairs explains that the two competent national authorities, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Finance, have approved the request received from English by Roman Abramovich in the transaction».
“ONE portuguese author stems from the guarantee by the British authorities that proceeds such as the sale will be used for human purposes, not being used for human purposes, not beneficiaries of the direct authorization our partnership with the club of the club, which appears on the commitment list of the European Union, with the position of the Portuguese government, with the position of the Portuguese government, with the position of the Portuguese government, with the agreement of the European Commission.
On Tuesday night, Portugal received a letter from Russian Roman Abramovich, who has a Portuguese passport, requesting authorization for the sale of Chelsea.
At the moment, Chelsea operates with a special authorization that expires on May 31 and that will allow it to carry out operations, such as money for allowing television rights and tickets for certain matches.
Londoners had announced on May 7 that a consortium by US billionaire Todd Boehly would acquire Chelsea for 4.25 billion pounds (4.9 billion euros). The takeover was approved by the English Football League on Tuesday, as well as the British government.