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George Flood

Chelsea ‘will be okay’ after Roman Abramovich announces decision to sell club, says Gary Neville

Gary Neville has reassured Chelsea fans that the club will be “okay” having been put up for sale by Roman Abramovich as he called for the Premier League to “shape up” around growing issues surrounding club ownership.

After days of intense speculation and developments, Abramovich announced last night that he was selling Chelsea after almost 20 years, writing off £1.5billion worth of loans in the process and pledging to donate the net proceeds from the sale to a new charitable foundation he will launch to help benefit all victims of the war in Ukraine.

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