Roman Abramovich ‘willing to let Chelsea go under’ according to Government officials

After a tumultuous few months where even the club Megastore was forced to shut, Chelsea had seemingly got back on the right track again with a bid by Todd Boehly to take the club out of the hands of the sanctioned Roman Abramovich expected to go through by the end of May.

However, that is all back up in the air again amidst concerns that the deal may not go through in time for the deadline of the end of May.

As per the Telegraph, ‘Chelsea are refusing to accept their new plan to put the loan in an escrow account – a legal arrangement in which a third party temporarily holds the money – before the Government is convinced that the money can be safely paid into the foundation for Ukraine war victims, which Abramovich is setting up.’

Roman Abramovich has been in charge of Chelsea since 2003.

One senior government source told BBC Sport that ‘there’s a quite serious concern in Government that the deal may fall apart and that Roman Abramovich is ultimately willing to let Chelsea go under’ This is because of Abramovich’s ‘refusal to agree to a sale structure that gives ministers confidence that proceeds would go to a good cause’.

Meanwhile, the Abramovich camp deny such allegations, several reports suggest that the £1.6bn loan that Roman Abramovich agreed to write off has become a major sticking point.

What does this mean for the club?

In short, the Blues remain in limbo, with the club shop still shut and only season ticket holders allowed to attend home games. Meanwhile, the sanctions mean that they have been unable to offer key players new contracts, with both Andreas Christensen and Antonio Rudiger set to leave for free to Barcelona and Real Madrid respectively.

They could miss out on summer transfer targets too if the situation is not sorted imminently, and the latest complication will do nothing for the mood in the camp.

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Premier League table

#	Team	MP	D	P
1	Manchester City	37	72	90
2	Liverpool FC	36	65	86
3	Chelsea FC	36	42	70
4	Tottenham Hotspur	37	24	68
5	Arsenal FC	36	11	66
6	Manchester United	37	1	58
7	West Ham United	37	11	56
8	Wolverhampton Wanderers	37	-3	51
9	Leicester City	36	0	48
10	Brighton & Hove Albion	37	-4	48
11	Brentford FC	37	-7	46
12	Crystal Palace	36	4	45
13	Aston Villa	36	-1	44
14	Newcastle United	36	-21	43
15	Southampton FC	36	-20	40
16	Everton FC	36	-20	36
17	Leeds United	37	-38	35
18	Burnley FC	36	-18	34
19	Watford FC	37	-42	23
20	Norwich City	37	-56	22

Player	Team	Goals
Salah, Mohamed	Liverpool FC	22
Son, Heung Min	Tottenham Hotspur	21
Ronaldo, Cristiano	Manchester United	18
Kane, Harry	Tottenham Hotspur	16
De Bruyne, Kevin	Manchester City	15
Jota, Diogo	Liverpool FC	15
Mane, Sadio	Liverpool FC	15
Vardy, Jamie	Leicester City	14
Sterling, Raheem	Manchester City	13
Zaha, Wilfried	Crystal Palace	13
Bowen, Jarrod	West Ham United	12
Toney, Ivan	Brentford FC	12
Mount, Mason	Chelsea FC	11
Saka, Bukayo	Arsenal FC	11
Mahrez, Riyad	Manchester City	11
Pukki, Teemu	Norwich City	11
Watkins, Ollie	Aston Villa	11
Maddison, James	Leicester City	10
Fernandes, Bruno	Manchester United	10
Dennis, Emmanuel	Watford FC	10

Player	Team	Red Cards	Yellow Cards
Firpo, Junior	Leeds United	0	11
Gallagher, Conor	Crystal Palace	0	10
Brownhill, Josh	Burnley FC	0	10
Bednarek, Jan	Southampton FC	0	10
Mings, Tyrone	Aston Villa	0	10
Xhaka, Granit	Arsenal FC	1	9
Tarkowski, James	Burnley FC	0	10
Bissouma, Yves	Brighton & Hove Albion	0	10
Fernandes, Bruno	Manchester United	0	9
Moreno, Rodrigo	Leeds United	0	9
Neves, Ruben	Wolverhampton Wanderers	0	9
Mctominay, Scott	Manchester United	0	9
Salisu, Mohammed	Southampton FC	0	8
Ronaldo, Cristiano	Manchester United	0	8
Dennis, Emmanuel	Watford FC	0	7
Richarlison	Everton FC	0	8
Pogba, Paul	Manchester United	1	7
James, Daniel	Leeds United	1	7
Alonso, Marcos	Chelsea FC	0	8
Norgaard, Christian	Brentford FC	0	8

Player	Team	Assists
Salah, Mohamed	Liverpool FC	13
Alexander-Arnold, Trent	Liverpool FC	12
Bowen, Jarrod	West Ham United	10
Mount, Mason	Chelsea FC	10
Barnes, Harvey	Leicester City	10
Robertson, Andy	Liverpool FC	10
Kane, Harry	Tottenham Hotspur	9
Pogba, Paul	Manchester United	9
Cancelo, Joao	Manchester City	9
Maddison, James	Leicester City	8
Jesus, Gabriel	Manchester City	8
Kulusevski, Dejan	Tottenham Hotspur	8
Son, Heung Min	Tottenham Hotspur	7
De Bruyne, Kevin	Manchester City	7
Antonio, Michail	West Ham United	7
Lacazette, Alexandre	Arsenal FC	7
James, Reece	Chelsea FC	7
Mbeumo, Bryan	Brentford FC	7
Saka, Bukayo	Arsenal FC	6
Fernandes, Bruno	Manchester United	6