{"id":11309,"date":"2022-03-05T12:00:32","date_gmt":"2022-03-05T17:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/03\/05\/chelsea-supporters-interrupt-show-of-support-for-ukraine-with-roman-abramovich-chants\/"},"modified":"2022-03-05T12:00:32","modified_gmt":"2022-03-05T17:00:32","slug":"chelsea-supporters-interrupt-show-of-support-for-ukraine-with-roman-abramovich-chants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/03\/05\/chelsea-supporters-interrupt-show-of-support-for-ukraine-with-roman-abramovich-chants\/","title":{"rendered":"Chelsea supporters interrupt show of support for Ukraine with Roman Abramovich chants"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The away support in attendance at Turf Moor for Chelsea\u2019s meeting with Burnley on Saturday made use of the opportunity to voice public support for soon-to-be former owner Roman Abramovich.<\/p>\n<p>The Blues are of course currently locked in action with Sean Dyche\u2019s troops.<\/p>\n<p>Ahead of kick-off in Lancashire, meanwhile, as will prove the case across the Premier League weekend as a whole, a show of support was forthcoming for Ukraine, amid the nation\u2019s ongoing battle against a Russian invasion.<\/p>\n<p>Fans of both clubs, in turn, took to their feet to carry out a lengthy round of applause.<\/p>\n<p>As alluded to above, however, amid such solidarity efforts, bizarrely, large sections of the away crowd felt it the time to interrupt, courtesy of a chant in support of owner Roman Abramovich:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Crowd at Turf Moor stands and applauds to show solidarity with Ukraine. Chelsea fans interrupt with chants of \u2018Roman Abramovich, Roman Abramovich\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Oliver Holt (@OllieHolt22) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OllieHolt22\/status\/1500124564403195907?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 5, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Abramovich out\/Bayrak in?<\/h2>\n<p>The latest questionable actions on the part of the Chelsea faithful on Saturday of course come in response to the Champions League holders being put up for sale this week.<\/p>\n<p>Amid a major backlash owing to his ties with Vladimir Putin, Roman Abramovich released a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChelseaFC\/status\/1499085708820160514?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1499085708820160514%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.101greatgoals.com%2Fnews%2Froman-abramovich-receives-offer-to-buy-chelsea-we-will-fly-the-turkish-flag-in-london%2F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">statement<\/a> on Wednesday, confirming his intention to sell up at Stamford Bridge as soon as possible:<\/p>\n<p>\u201dI would like to address the speculation in media over the past few days in relation to my ownership of Chelsea FC. As I have stated before, I have always taken decisions with the Club\u2019s best interest at heart. In the current situation, I have therefore taken the decision to sell the Club, as I believe this is in the best interest of the Club, the fans, the employees, as well as the Club\u2019s sponsors and partners.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And such confirmation was followed on Friday evening by news of an official proposal being tabled for Chelsea, on the part of Turkish businessman Muhsin Bayrak:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Muhsin Bayrak, a Turkish businessman with investments in London, has made an offer to buy Chelsea.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are discussing the terms of Chelsea\u2019s purchase with Roman Abramovich\u2019s lawyers. We\u2019re negotiating signatures. We will soon fly the Turkish flag in London.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/yenisafak?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@yenisafak<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XVPKOjVwLt\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/XVPKOjVwLt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Simon Phillips (@siphillipssport) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/siphillipssport\/status\/1499752394883837954?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 4, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/live-streaming-match-previews\/burnley-vs-chelsea-live-streaming-watch-premier-league-online\/\">Burnley vs Chelsea live streaming: Watch Premier League online<\/a><\/h4>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/news\/thomas-tuchel-discusses-chelsea-transfers-amid-takeover-talk-rules-defender-out-of-burnley-clash\/\">Thomas Tuchel discusses Chelsea transfers amid takeover talk &amp; rules defender out of Burnley clash<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 The away support in attendance at Turf Moor for Chelsea\u2019s meeting with Burnley on Saturday made use of the opportunity to voice public support for soon-to-be former owner Roman Abramovich. The Blues are of course currently locked in action with Sean Dyche\u2019s troops. Ahead of kick-off in Lancashire, meanwhile, as will prove the case [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12,7],"tags":[13,14],"class_list":["post-11309","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-football","category-sport","tag-football","tag-soccer","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11309","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11309"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11309\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11309"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11309"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11309"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}