Stan Collymore, a former Liverpool player, has asked the English FA to strip Chelsea of all the trophies they have won thanks to Roman Abramovich’s money.
The move by the UK government to freeze Abramovich’s assets over his ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin, according to Collymore, calls into doubt all of Chelsea’s successes under the 55-year-two-decade old’s ownership.
He queried how the 21 championships won with Abramovich’s roubles could be allowed to remain if Chelsea’s success was predicated on access to “dodgy” money, adding that Juventus had titles revoked for match-fixing.
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He feels that punishment should be retroactive, as it is for doping and match-fixing offenses.
“So the issue now has to be addressed if Chelsea’s loans, access to ‘dodgy’ money, and sanctions against its principal source of financing for the past 20 years have been rubber-stamped,” Collymore said on Twitter.
How long will titles won during this time period be remembered?
“The British government only found out today that Abramovich is a Putin acolyte?” What about the previous 20 years? Who is in charge of the security services? Inspector Clouseau, perhaps?
“When RA acquired the club, his devotion for the team came with conditions. An oligarch is someone who owns a lot of money. You can’t separate the team from the oligarch since the club’s success is due to him.
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“If someone doped in an Olympics 30 yrs ago they would still be stripped of the medal now.
“Therefore retro punishment is a logical question to ask. Juventus had titles stripped for match-fixing. Juventus.”
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