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States of Play: making sense of football’s descent into the morass

In charting the game’s transformation into a geopolitical weapon, new book serves an urgent and crucial purpose

The Guardian - UK

Chelsea FC: UK government 'moving forward' on £2bn from club sale being spent on humanitarian work in Ukraine

A Foreign Office minister told Parliament that the Government was committed to making progress in releasing the funds

Evening Standard

Flops, fallouts, 4-4-3s and fans' wrath: A timeline Chelsea under Todd Boehly's BlueCo

Chelsea were bought out by BlueCo and Todd Boehly in 2022 - who have overseen an era of hyper-spending under four permanent managers and three squad overhauls

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Gloves are off as Boehly and Eghbali battle for supremacy at Chelsea

With too many grievances spilling out into the open over the past week, Clearlake Capital and Boehly are now looking for ways to buy each other out

The Guardian - UK

Enzo Maresca not concerned by reported rift between Chelsea co-owners

Todd Boehly and Behdad Eghbali were at the heart of the Blues’ 2022 takeover when Roman Abramovich sold the club.

The Independent UK

Clearlake hopes to buy out Todd Boehly or remove his power in Chelsea civil war

Chelsea’s majority shareholder, Clearlake, feels Todd Boehly should sell up or accept governance changes that strip him of influence over decisions

The Guardian - UK

Todd Boehly wants Chelsea resolution as Clearlake relationship breaks down

Todd Boehly has lost faith in his working relationship with Clearlake Capital and wants to find a resolution that would prevent civil war breaking out at Chelsea

The Guardian - UK

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'Roman Abramovich wanted me to sign for CSKA Moscow - I wasn't sure, so he said, “Well, you’re not going to Spurs"': Former Chelsea striker describes having Tottenham move blocked

Former Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich blocked one of his players from joining Tottenham in the mid-2000s

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Russian prisoner swap deal was to have included Alexei Navalny

Negotiations, which began months earlier, originally included release of late opposition leader

The Guardian - UK

Vitesse Arnhem face potential bankruptcy after having licence revoked

The Dutch FA, the KNVB, said the club’s financial problems ‘made it impossible to allow the licence to continue’, though Vitesse will appeal

The Guardian - UK

The Kremlin’s Noose by Amy Knight review – vital primer on Putin’s Russia and Boris Berezovsky’s death

The American historian and expert on Russia has written a definitive study of the flamboyant life and mysterious death of the oligarch, a confidant of Yeltsin and a man to whom Putin was once indebted

The Guardian - UK

Playing the victim card is how elites game the system. Just look at Manchester City

Whether in football or politics, when the powerful present themselves as anti- establishment the goal is often self-serving

The Guardian - UK

Chelsea’s temporary vision has led to shopping in the Championship aisle

Perhaps it should be no surprise the club has started signing managers like they sign players. Enzo Maresca knows his fate

The Guardian - UK

Enzo Maresca the latest to take on Chelsea’s Italian job

The former Leicester boss becomes the seventh Italian to lead the west London club.

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Evening Standard

Rupert Murdoch, 93, marries for fifth time in private California ceremony to Russian bride Elena Zhukova

Media mogul weds Elena Zhukova, mother of Russian socialite and Roman Abramovich’s ex Dasha Zhukova

The Independent UK

On this day in 2011: Chelsea sack manager Carlo Ancelotti

The Italian enjoyed a successful first season at Stamford Bridge as he delivered a Premier League title and an FA Cup triumph.

The Guardian - UK

Abramovich loans fund owner of Dutch football club, leaked documents suggest

Files indicate oligarch enabled Valery Oyf to take over Vitesse Arnhem, raising fresh questions about his influence on football

The Guardian - UK

Geopolitics comes to Vitesse: how ‘Chelsea B’ were swallowed by Abramovich associates

Fans of the Eredivisie club hoped takeovers would transform their fortunes, but instead they face an existential threat to their future

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The Guardian - UK

Threatening ally of Roman Abramovich would be ‘a suicide mission’, agent tells court

Football agent Saif Alrubie was in court denying charges of sending an intimidating email to former Chelsea director of football Marina Granovskaia

The Guardian - UK

Kia Joorabchian ‘accosted’ by debt collectors working for agent Saif Alrubie, court told

One of the Premier League’s best-known football agents was relieved of his watch at a restaurant as part of an effort to pressure him into repaying money, court hears

The Guardian - UK

Vitesse Arnhem relegated from Eredivisie after 18-point deduction

The Dutch football association has deducted 18 points from Vitesse Arnhem, officially confirming the club’s relegation

The Guardian - UK

Blue is the colour: why frustrated Chelsea fans are close to mutiny

Patience at beleaguered club is limited as chasm between supporters and new owners continues to grow

The Guardian - UK

Two-fifths of Premier League clubs yet to file as accounts deadline looms

Delay exposes clubs to accusations of lack of transparency at time of increased scrutiny of finances

The Guardian - UK

Marina Granovskaia linked to secret payments by former Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich

Powerful chief executive of Chelsea under Abramovich appears in documents showing offshore payments by oligarch

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Informal Negotiations For Alexei Navalny's Release Before His Death

Learn about the intricate negotiations for a potential prisoner exchange involving Alexei Navalny and the challenges of engaging Russia in dialogue.

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