Roman Abramovich

The defender held positive talks with the Bernabéu club’s hierarchy over the weekend and he is expected to earn £200,000 a week

Blues have suffered three straight heavy home defeats ahead of West Ham clash

Some states have frozen very few assets of sanctioned oligarchs and companies

Arsenal forwards rescue side from some poor defending at Stamford Bridge

Clubs have a different social role from other companies and should not encourage fans to take financial risks

Diarmuid Rossa Phelan is accused of murdering a father-of-four in a fatal shooting on farmland in Tallaght

Coach expects European champions – and home fans – to be back to their best for Real test

Vitaly Janelt scores two and Christian Eriksen scores first goal for Brentford in rout

Some 77% of members oppose bid amid backlash over previous racist remarks

César Azpilicueta, Andreas Christensen and Antonio Rüdiger sought by La Liga giants

Presence of previously publicity-shy billionaire at talks in Istanbul surprised many

Day after reports oligarch was poisoned at earlier meeting he makes surprise Istanbul appearance

Abramovich reportedly poisoned at earlier talks as Biden says Putin comments due to ‘moral outrage’

US official blames environmental reason for sickening of Chelsea FC owner

Raine Group have included consortiums led by Todd Boehly and Martin Broughton on list

LA Dodgers owner among frontrunners to acquire club from Roman Abramovich

No further home tickets will be made available for Premier League games at Stamford Bridge

London-listed Steelmaker says payment of €17.1m interest blocked over ‘compliance’

Fewer than 700 Chelsea fans made it as club’s off-field problems put to one side

Deadline to submit offer to purchase club from Abramovich passed on Friday night

Quarter-final draw also pairs Manchester City with Atlético and Liverpool with Benfica

Lille take the lead in raucous atmosphere but Pulisic and Azpilicueta put the tie to bed

Russian gained citizenship through law favouring Sephardic Jews in April 2021

Sebastian Coe joins former Liverpool chairman’s effort to acquire club from Abramovich

The German is contracted until 2024 and will remain at Chelsea until end of season

UK sets 35% tariff on imports of Russian vodka and bans export of luxury goods

Fears for alumina extraction facility in Aughinish and its 500 workers, along with hundreds of other local jobs

Middlesbrough owner slams FA Cup quarter-final opponents’ move following sanctiions

Eddie Howe, manager of club owned by Saudi fund, refuses to comment on mass executions

Hopes rise for sale of club following UK government sanctions on Roman Abramovich

UK behaving like it just noticed its capital, nicknamed ‘Londongrad’, is full of dodgy Russian money

Club in unprecedented state of limbo after sanctions imposed on Roman Abramovich

Proposals to be considered as long as Russian oligarch would not benefit from the deal

Chelsea women’s boss Emma Hayes calls for patience with her squad also affected

Johnny Watterson: Prepare for endless whataboutery aimed at Newcastle and City

‘No reason why the plant can’t continue to operate, Department of Business says

Patel’s move reaction to criticism mere 850 visas granted out of 22,000 applications

Iseq overall index ends session down 1.4% as pan-European Stoxx 600 declines by 1.7%

Russian oligarch has been sanctioned by the UK government

Club unable to sign players or renew existing contracts as a result of British government’s decision