Chelsea’s Russian owner Abramovich announced last week that he would entrust the management of the club to the Chelsea Charity Foundation in order to avoid the club being affected after the military conflict between Russia and Ukraine. But some trustees in charitable foundations fear it will harm them and oppose the delegation of stewardship scheme.
Abramovich announced on Saturday that he would entrust the management of Chelsea to the Chelsea Charity Foundation. The entrusted group will be made up of six trustees, led by Chelsea chairman Bruce Barker Club director Paul Ramos, Chelsea women’s coach Emma Hayes, executive director of anti-discrimination group Fare Piara Powal, British Olympic Committee chairman Sir Hugh Robertson.
However, the “Mirror” quoted the “Telegraph” report as saying that at least two of the trustees were worried that if they did this, once Abu was sanctioned by the British government, the rights of the trustees who accepted Abu’s entrustment might be damaged. The two sides held talks on Sunday, but no formal agreement was reached, and new talks are expected in the next 48 hours.
Abramovich hopes to keep a certain distance between himself and Chelsea by entrusting the management of the club. Once Abramovich is sanctioned by the British government, the daily operations of Chelsea will not be greatly affected. However, some media have criticized that the Chelsea Charity Foundation is just Abramovich’s puppet, and the Premier League star Gary Neville also said: “The trustee is just playing the role of a shield!” These have put the trustee under a lot of pressure.
If there is still no agreement in the following talks, a trustee may resign from the Chelsea Charity Foundation, in which case the charity foundation will need to choose a replacement, or the remaining staff will form a smaller trustee group to manage Chelsea FC affairs. .
In addition, the UK Charity Commission has also taken note of the matter, and it is still necessary to determine whether the Chelsea Charity Foundation is responsible for football club affairs in line with UK charity law. A UK Charity Commission spokesman said: “We have contacted the charity for more details and the charity has submitted a report to the commission. We are unable to comment further at this time.”Return to Sohu, see more
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