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Asharq Al-Awsat
Asharq Al-Awsat
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Asharq Al-Awsat

Government Right to Sanction Chelsea’s Abramovich, Says Liverpool’s Klopp

Liverpool manager Juergen Klopp. (Reuters)

The British government was right to impose sanctions on Chelsea's Russian owner Roman Abramovich but the Premier League club's employees should not have to suffer for it, Liverpool manager Juergen Klopp said on Friday.

Abramovich, who had been under scrutiny following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, announced he was selling the London club last week but that sale is now on hold with Chelsea operating under a special government license.

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