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Originally Posted by lazypucker
I don't see an issue for Abramovich owning the club. Is he funneling money to Russia through Chelsea? What can he do to harm the west? Invite Boris Johnson to a game and blow the stadium up?
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Well the issue is (as it has been for years) that they're effectively laundering money through them and it's "sports-washing".
And don't doubt for a second that sports-washing works. You buy a club, and now you have a legion of fans willing to argue and fight for you because they love the club. Basically as soon as Newcastle was purchased their LGBTQ supporters started making "concessions" about that issue...which is vile, but that's exactly how sports-washing works.