A Newcastle lawyer is one of the trustees who have been handed “stewardship and care” of Chelsea football club after owner Roman Abramovich stepped away from its management.
The Russian-Israeli billionaire is understood to have taken the decision to temporarily hand the running of the London club to the trustees of its charitable foundation to protect Chelsea from links to the wider situation of Russia’s war with Ukraine.
One of those six trustees is John Devine, a leading sports lawyer who works for Newcastle law firm Muckle LLP.