END OF THE ROMAN ERA
HIS name has been synonymous with the glamour club for nearly 20 years and many fans and players can barely remember a time when he wasn’t controlling the purse strings.
Under Roman Abramovich’s watch Chelsea FC became a superpower, luring some of the finest footballers in the world with huge salaries from seemingly bottomless club coffers.
But that era is over now: the 55-year-old oligarch made world headlines when he announced he was selling his beloved Chelsea for £3 billion (R61,5bn).
The oligarch, like many Russian billionaires, faces crippling financial sanctions from the UK and the US as a result of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
The assets of 15 sanctioned oligarchs
