NOW ABRAMOVICH IS LEAVING: CHELSEA MIGHT HAVE THE BLUES

It might be one of the many consequences of the ongoing war in Ukraine.?

You are not talking about all those European countries which have rapidly closed their airspaces to the Russian flights.

You are not discussing the Wax statue of Vladimir Putin removed from the Grévin Museum. Nope! You are dealing with the future selling of Chelsea.?

Russia-mogul and London-based businessman Roman Abramovich have decided to sell his precious (Gollum’s voice): Chelsea Football Club. After almost 20 years!?

You did not have to be a geopolitics expert, a football journalist, or even a London Blue fan to realize it:?Chelsea might have the blues.??

THE BUTTERFLY EFFECT

?In many countries, Wednesday around the world is the day off for children. So kids, during this day, usually stay at home, watching TV. They also go to a friend where stupid little fights and then reconciliations happen.?

Few follow their dreams. Young promising minors play music on and on while others play football.

In C?te d’Ivoire, many of them play on tar under the hot sun. And every time a car passes, young players stop the game. Sometimes they dribble walkers, passers-by, etc. What a way to improve your skills!??

The goals are made of bricks and sweet dreams.

Yes. Those kids playing?petits poteaux[1]?have big ones. They want to be as famous as Didier Drogba.

Ex-Captain of Ivorian national team made the Chelsea strip more famous than Abramovich himself. But let there be no mistake here! They would be no Drogba, no Chelsea fans in C?te d’Ivoire without Abramovich. Many of them are sad since the official statement. Nothing would have prepared them for this bomb.?

Although he had put the club first a few days ago: they were not ready.?

TO DO THE RIGHT MOVE

Russian oligarch goes further and says he had always taken decisions with the club’s best interest at heart. In the current situation, he has therefore decided to sell the club.

He also says he believed this was in the best interest of the club, the fans, the employees, as well as the club’s sponsors and sponsors.?

Did the owner of Chelsea Football Club make the right move? Yes.

Could the United Kingdom government have sanctioned him? Yes.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been under pressure before with Party-Gate and now with British politicians.?

Leader Keir Starmer asks him something. He wants to know why on earth Abramovich has not been yet sanctioned. So, it was just a matter of time before they punished the 55-years-old for his links with Vladimir Putin.?

They were allegedly linked by various financial ties.?

TROPHIES

One of the funniest things about this selling is that Chelsea owes him money. According to multiple sources, the amount is 2 billion euros!

But the grey-bearded businessman would not ask for any loan repayment. And all the money will go to all the victims of the war in Ukraine.?

We are already living in a hurry due to social media. And now there are these difficult times. Both of them avoid us having time, time to think, time to analyze. But at least there is one thing we can all agree on: Chelsea won almost everything, thanks to Abramovich.?

1?x Club World Cup, 1 x European Super Cup, 2 x Champions League, 5 x Premier League,?5?x Premier League, etc.

Many people have written the most beautiful pages in the history of Chelsea, alongside him. Here are a few names: José Mourinho, English defender John Terry, Ghanaian legend and midfielder Michael Essien, Belgian winger Eden Hazard, French striker Nicolas Anelka and also Italian coaches like Carlo Ancelotti and Antonio Conte, etc.?

The selling of Chelsea is proof that things can change many people's lives.?The Butterfly Effect.?

Butterfly effect or not, this is a piece of news that will shape the landscape of football: history in the making!?

WHAT A TIME TO BE ALIVE!

Seven years ago, fuckboys guru Future and Canadian rapper Drake released a mixtape:?What a Time Be Alive.?

According to Pitchfork, the duo would have recorded the joint in only six days. The collaboration between the two superstars did not become a classic like a masterpiece Jay-Z and Kanye West both made:?Watch The Throne. Nope!?

It became a pun, to emphasize a peculiar situation: like this one as an example.?

Yeah!?What A Time To Be Alive!?

Who would have thought that one day Abramovich would sell Chelsea? No one. Especially not Chelsea players.?

Transfers specialist?Fabrizio Romano?says they were really surprised with the (first) statement of Roman Abramovich. The very well-informed journalist adds they knew about it just a few hours before the official statement.??

Imagine being a little mouse in the dressing room.

Imagine watching all those players affected by the news:?2021?African Cup of Nations winner and the best goalkeeper in the world Edouard Mendy, Brazilian defender Thiago Silva,?2018?World Champion N’golo Kanté, and?2021?European Champion Jorginho, etc.?

Imagine being Danish defender Andreas Christensen and German Antonio Rüdiger linked to big clubs like Barcelona for the first one and Real Madrid for the second one.

There is probably one who is more puzzled than the others: Belgian striker Romelu Lukaku.

THE CURIOUS CASE OF ROMELU LUKAKU?

It is the understatement of the year to say that Drogba’s heir struggles to be the center-forward of Chelsea.?

The one German coach Thomas Tuchel can always rely on. But he has sometimes chosen his compatriot skinny forward Kai Havertz as a false 9.?

Ex Paris Saint-Germain coach has done it during the League Cup final. The front three was from left to right: English prodigy Mason Mount, Havertz, and supposedly the next big thing Christian Pulisic. No sign of Lukaku.

All-time top scorer for Belgium Lukaku was on the bench for the second straight game. But things started a few months ago, at the end of?2021.

Ex Inter Milan striker gave an unbelievable interview to an Italian newspaper: la?Gazzetta Dello Sport.?

The bearded and bold black man says he was not happy. He thinks his coach would have used it differently.

2021?Champions League winner Tuchel did not need a new striker. He has yet compensated for the lack of efficacity of Timo Werner.?

But when Inter Milan decided to sell his striker due to financial problems, Chelsea decided to go for it.

Consequences: they spent?135 million dollars on him. He broke the record club by re-signing there.?

Romelu Lukaku was supposed to be the cherry on the cake. But after his debuts, the 28-years-old striker was injured two times.

He missed??40?days in total. Meanwhile, Tuchel was building a team without him. And now he cannot easily come back to the starter team. The clock is ticking for the former Thierry Henry’s protégé. To leave or not to leave: that’s the question. Either he stays and follows the steps of Ivorian and Chelsea legend Didier Drogba, the best African footballer player of all time!?Hello, Eto’o!

Either he goes somewhere else and takes his revenge in a few months.?

Ex influencer Shani Jamilah's boyfriend should bear in mind something: there is the 2022 World Cup at the end of the year.

So he may choose carefully. Or else, Romelu Lukaku will feel the pain Roman Abramovich has felt.

On March 2, 2022, he has confirmed he would be selling Chelsea Football Club. Now Chelsea fans have the Blues.?What a Time to Be Alive!?

[1] Street soccer.