Chelsea's Premier League match against Newcastle United will remain at full capacity despite sanctions placed on Roman Abramovich.
The 55-year-old billionaire was one of seven people added to the UK government's sanction list on Thursday morning resulting in a number of immediate impacts on the club.
The sanction list states: "[Abramovich] is associated with a person who is or has been involved in destabilising Ukraine and undermining and threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine, namely Vladimir Putin, with whom Abramovich has had a close relationship for decades.
"This association has included obtaining a financial benefit or other material benefit from Putin and the government."
The Russian owner has seen his assets frozen but Chelsea have been provided dispensation to continue operations under a 'Russian Regulations' licence, though the capacity in which they can operate has been impacted.
One of the conditions of the licence as that the Blues can no longer sell tickets for their matches. The 28,000 season ticket-holders will still be able to attend and make any outstanding payments left against it. However, additional tickets will no longer be allowed on sale, including those for away fans.
Any tickets already sold, will still be honoured with the Department of Culture, Media and Support saying: "Any tickets bought prior to 10 March 2022, including season-tickets purchased before that date, are permitted to attend fixtures."
That means Chelsea's fixture with Newcastle will remain a sellout with the Blues already having no tickets left remaining for general admission, though the latest allocation did only open on March 8th.
The Magpies have also sold out their maximum allocation of 3,000 tickets on the third of March.
Other home matches will of course be impacted. Brentford put their allocation for the match on April 2nd on sale last week, so may not be affected by the decision, but West Ham's trip to Stamford Bridge looks set to be the first Premier League fixture without away fans. The Blues will also have a reduced home attendance.
For those who are able to attend, there will be refreshments available as catering is part of the license, however the club is not allowed to spend over £500,000 hosting a game.
The Blues will still be allowed to pay players and staff, pay outstanding transfer fees and also receive payments - though they will then be frozen.
Other restrictions include not being able to sell merchandise unless an outlet already has it available, while new contracts cannot be awarded or transfers made.
The licence Chelsea continue to operate under is currently set to expire at the end of May.
