The Premier League’s chief executive, Richard Masters, has admitted football has “some challenges to meet” around the owners’ and directors’ test after the sale of Chelsea by Roman Abramovich.
Masters pondered whether Abramovich, who was hit with UK government sanctions after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, would have passed the test if it had been in place when he bought Chelsea in 2003. He stressed the sport is looking at how to put safeguards in place after being asked whether the Russian-Israeli oligarch, who sold Chelsea to a consortium led by Todd Boehly and Clearlake Capital in May, had been a positive influence on English football.
