Sanctioned
The Inside Story of the Sale of Chelsea FC
Seiten
2025
Biteback Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-78590-989-4 (ISBN)
Biteback Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-78590-989-4 (ISBN)
The sale of Chelsea Football Club in 2022 was one of
the most high-profile and controversial sports transactions of all time.Sanctioned chronicles ninety-five days that changed
English football for ever.
The sale of Chelsea Football Club in 2022 was
one of the highest-profile and most controversial sports transactions of all
time. In the shadow of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, what unfolded after Roman
Abramovich was forced to put his beloved club up for sale would change English
football for ever. Under the threat of bankruptcy and ruin, Chelsea pulled off
a complex transaction in three tense and troubling months - a quarter of the time
many analysts would normally set aside for such a deal. Sanctioned is
the definitive account of this unique period.
Through unprecedented access to Abramovich himself
and key figures from Chelsea's new ownership, as well as further interviews
with a star-studded footballing cast, Nick Purewal unfolds a wide-ranging tale
of political sanctions, hushed negotiations and Cold War-style geopolitics, all
told in vivid, propulsive prose against a backdrop of war on the edge of
Europe.
From the club's owners to its staff, players and
supporters, via UK government intervention, dramatic peace talks and even a foul-play
poisoning episode, Sanctioned chronicles ninety-five extraordinary days
in English football.
the most high-profile and controversial sports transactions of all time.Sanctioned chronicles ninety-five days that changed
English football for ever.
The sale of Chelsea Football Club in 2022 was
one of the highest-profile and most controversial sports transactions of all
time. In the shadow of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, what unfolded after Roman
Abramovich was forced to put his beloved club up for sale would change English
football for ever. Under the threat of bankruptcy and ruin, Chelsea pulled off
a complex transaction in three tense and troubling months - a quarter of the time
many analysts would normally set aside for such a deal. Sanctioned is
the definitive account of this unique period.
Through unprecedented access to Abramovich himself
and key figures from Chelsea's new ownership, as well as further interviews
with a star-studded footballing cast, Nick Purewal unfolds a wide-ranging tale
of political sanctions, hushed negotiations and Cold War-style geopolitics, all
told in vivid, propulsive prose against a backdrop of war on the edge of
Europe.
From the club's owners to its staff, players and
supporters, via UK government intervention, dramatic peace talks and even a foul-play
poisoning episode, Sanctioned chronicles ninety-five extraordinary days
in English football.
Nick Purewal is a freelance reporter and writer with twenty years' experience in news and sports journalism. Nick reported on the entirety of the Chelsea sale in his role as Chelsea correspondent at the Press Association, breaking the world exclusive that Roman Abramovich was working to help the early peace process between Russia and Ukraine and later the shock news that key bidders the Ricketts family had pulled out of the race to buy the club. Beginning his career at the Grimsby Telegraph, Nick has also worked for the Newcastle Chronicle, the Gloucester Citizen and the Evening Standard and now freelances for a variety of national outlets in addition to ghostwriting books and working on other long-form projects.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 31.01.2025 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Themenwelt | Sport ► Ballsport ► Fußball |
| ISBN-10 | 1-78590-989-4 / 1785909894 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-78590-989-4 / 9781785909894 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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