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Birmingham Post
Birmingham Post
Business
Coreena Ford

Chelsea sale put on hold as Roman Abramovich is sanctioned by UK Government

Roman Abramovich has been sanctioned by the UK Government, freezing the Russian-Israeli billionaire's planned sale of Chelsea.

The Chelsea Football Club owner faces a ban on all transactions with UK businesses and individuals, as well as a travel ban and transport sanctions.

Others included in the sanctions are Igor Sechin, Oleg Deripaska and Dmitri Lebedev.

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