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Chelsea Fans Chant Roman Abramovich's Name During Minute's Applause For Ukraine

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Updated 15:43 5 Mar 2022 GMTPublished 15:42 5 Mar 2022 GMT

Chelsea Fans Chant Roman Abramovich's Name During Minute's Applause For Ukraine

Abramovich's impending sale of Chelsea has caused fans to back to Russian billionaire and that is seemingly over the people of Ukraine.

Ryan Sidle

Ryan Sidle

Chelsea fans responded to a minute's applause in tribute to Ukraine by chanting Roman Abramovich's name, ahead of the Blues' game with Burnley.


Club owner Abramovich has decided to put Chelsea up for sale, following calls for sanctions to seize the club from him, in the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

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The Russian, and his Premier League team, have come under criticism for the inability to condemn the actions of President Vladimir Putin, even if Abramovich's daughter did.

Former players and fans of the club have instead decided to back the billionaire, who has bankrolled all their success in the past 19 years, and it came in a big way on Saturday.

Before kick off in their league game at Turf Moor, the two sides stood for a minute's applause to show solidarity with Ukraine but fans of the away team started chanting in support of their owner instead, with Burnley fans booing them in turn.


Fans who were 'upset' at the fact that their owner is selling have already been slammed by club legend Pat Nevin, who told them their tears needed to be placed elsewhere.

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John Terry led the tributes to the 55-year-old club owner, posting a picture of the pair of them together on social media, following the announcement the club would be sold.

The former Blues captain has now hit out at MP Chris Bryant, the first person to call on the club to be seized from Abramovich, calling out his history as a politician during the expenses scandal and Iraq war.

Featured Image Credit: Twitter/PA

Topics: Chelsea, Burnley, Russia, Ukraine, Premier League

Ryan Sidle
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Ryan is a journalist for SPORTbible with over eight years of experience. Passionate about all sports, he mainly covers football and F1 - Daniel Ricciardo once spent an entire interview referring to him as 'Ryan Gosling,' still his proudest moment.

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