Chelsea have been thrown into chaos after owner Roman Abramovich was sanctioned by the U.K. government for his ties with Russia President Vladimir Putin.
The world and European champions have been frozen as an asset of Abramovich, who is one of seven Russian oligarchs to be targeted, along with Igor Sechin, Oleg Deripaska, Dmitri Lebedev, Alexei Miller, Andrei Kostin and Nikolai Tokarev.
"There can be no safe havens for those who have supported Putin's vicious assault on Ukraine," U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson said.
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