Leeds United have two difficult fixtures up next as they face Arsenal and Chelsea in the space of less than a week. However, Leeds may have an opportunity as Chelsea find themselves in trouble as they are out of form on the pitch and in a state of flux off it, due to the continuing process of the sale of club from government-sanctioned Roman Abramovich.
There were developments on Tuesday, as it emerged that the Russian may renege on a promise to write off a debt of £1.6bn owed to him by the club. Abramovich had been heavily subsidising Chelsea's losses throughout his ownership of the club and it appears that he now wants to be compensated for those losses by the new owners of the club.
However, as explained by football.london, this appears to be something that the Government would take issue with. They are said to be under the impression that all of the proceeds from the sale would go towards Ukraine, rather than Abramovich himself.
