Lifelong Chelsea Fan Says He's 'Walked Away' From Club, Will Now Support Sutton United
A lifelong Chelsea fans says he's 'walked away' from the club and will now support Sutton United in wake of the Roman Abramovich ownership crisis.
The outgoing Blues owner has been under intense scrutiny for alleged ties with Russian president Vladimir Putin, who launched his country's invasion of Ukraine.
The latest development in the Chelsea saga saw the UK government impose sanctions on the billionaire.
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His UK-based assets, including Chelsea, were frozen - meaning the club is no longer able to sell new tickets, merchandise and negotiate new contracts with players.
Despite the controversy surrounding Abramovich, Chelsea fans have supported him having chanted his name before and during their Premier League match at Norwich.
But one fan in particular has gone in the opposite direction, revealing that he's 'walked away' from the club.
Pat, 70, has ended his association with Chelsea and has opted to get behind League Two side Sutton United.
A tearful Pat told talkSPORT: "I’ve been a Chelsea fan for 62 years, I started supporting Chelsea in the 50s and I’m absolutely...
"Listen, what some Chelsea fans have been doing is unforgivable. We’ve got to stand up and be counted but I’ve now, myself and my twin brother, we’ve walked away from Chelsea.
"This is true, he went out yesterday and he bought two shirts for Sutton United.
"He phoned me up and said, 'I’ve got two shirts here', and asked them who they were for and he said 'Sutton United. We can’t carry on supporting Chelsea'.
"It’s not because we don’t love the club, it’s in our blood, we were born in Battersea just round the corner…
"It’s cut me right up, all this.
"We were born just round the corner and Chelsea has been our life. I’ve met Ron Harris, we were good mates with Ray Wilkins - we used to meet him down at Sutton for questions and answers - we were good mates with Gary Chivers, John Boyle who played in the 1967 FA Cup final against Spurs, he’s a good friend of the family.
"But we feel all that’s gone on... we can’t take any more.
"We’ve decided we’re going to go to Sutton United and support them. We’re going to the cup final [EFL Trophy vs Rotherham at Wembley Stadium], we’ve got tickets."
Will any other Chelsea fans follow in Pat's footsteps and walk away from the Premier League giants?
Nasir Jabbar