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Give Chelsea to the fans

The sanctioning of Roman Abramovich, the Russian oligarch who has controlled Chelsea football club for nearly 20 years, and who started the flood of foreign money into the game, resulted in the club going up for sale. By the time you read this we might know who has bought it. Potential bidders for an asset that was expected to command well over £3bn included a consortium led by the owners

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