基金會尚未決定接管俱樂部，成員希望獲得更多資訊 - 切爾西足球俱樂部 Chelsea Football Club

https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11095/12553728/

Roman Abramovich: Chelsea trustees have not yet agreed to run club

Monday 28 February 2022 11:07, UK


Chelsea Foundation trustees have not yet agreed to take over “custody and
care” of the club as requested by owner Roman Abramovich following
Russia's invasion of Ukraine.


https://i.imgur.com/JxXWI6m.jpg


The six trustees want more information about whether running the club
would be compatible with UK charity law and raised their concerns at a
meeting on Sunday.


The foundation's lawyers are now working to see whether what Abramovich is
proposing can actually be put into effect.


The trustees would need to be totally comfortable from a legal point of
view before they assume "control" of the club while Abramovich remains
owner.


Russian billionaire Abramovich issued a 110-word statement on Saturday,
which did not mention Russia or Ukraine, announcing he would be stepping
away from control of Chelsea but would remain owner.


The statement was heavily criticised before Chelsea then released a
second, shorter statement 14 hours later on Sunday morning, saying: "The
situation in Ukraine is horrific and devastating. Chelsea FC's thoughts
are with everyone in Ukraine. Everyone at the club is praying for peace."


Abramovich has invested over ￡1billion into the Stamford Bridge club
since purchasing it in 2003 and will not be asking the club to repay the
loans it owes him - meaning the long-term future of the club remains
secure.


https://i.imgur.com/z9mO9Nq.jpg


It is also understood that Abramovich remains adamant that Chelsea is not
for sale. But there are now questions about his long-term future at the
club.


Whether Abramovich will ever return to taking a more visible hands-on role
at the club will likely depend strongly on whether he faces any sanctions,
and what happens in Ukraine and the UK's relationship with Russia.


"A lot of Chelsea fans will want to know if he's still going to be putting
money in," chief reporter Kaveh Solhekol told Sky Sports News. "I believe
he will continue to back the club, but that of course could change if the
UK Government announce he is being sanctioned - but they haven't done that
so far."


There have been calls from MPs this week that Russian-born Abramovich
should not be allowed to own Chelsea due to his alleged links to Vladimir
Putin's regime.


After Russian troops crossed the border into Ukraine on Thursday, Labour
MP Chris Bryant told the House of Commons that the Russian-Israeli
billionaire should have his assets seized, questioned whether he should be
allowed to operate a football club himself, and quoted a leaked government
document suggesting he should not be allowed to be based in the UK.


It is understood Abramovich will no longer be involved in club matters on
a day-to-day basis and all long-term strategic decision-making powers are
being handed over to the Chelsea Foundation.


The Chelsea Foundation's trustees are Bruce Buck, John Devine, Emma Hayes,
Piara Powar, and Hugh Robertson. For transfers, executive director Marina
Granovskaia, technical advisor Petr Cech and head coach Thomas Tuchel will
continue to operate within the budgets set by the club.


"As far as football matters are concerned, nothing changes," reported
Solhekol.


Who are the Chelsea Foundation trustees?


Bruce Buck - Chelsea's current chairman since 2004, Bruce Buck was
appointed as a trustee of the Chelsea Foundation in 2010. Buck is also a
former managing partner for US-based law firm Skadden Arps Slate Meagher &
Flom, where he worked across mergers, acquisitions and capital market
transactions.


John Devine - Devine has been a trustee of the Chelsea Foundation since
2010. Devine works across the sports sector as part of his role as a
partner and head of the sports team at Newcastle-based law firm Muckle
LLP. Additionally, Devine assists the PFA on the establishment of
charitable organisations by individual players.


Emma Hayes - Having managed Chelsea Women since 2012, Emma Hayes was
appointed as a trustee of the Chelsea Foundation in 2017. Hayes has led
Chelsea to numerous trophies, including four WSL titles after having
previously served as assistant manager at Arsenal from 2006 - 2008 and as
manager of Chicago Red Stars from 2008 - 2010.


https://i.imgur.com/h9gZtak.jpg


Piara Powar - Appointed as a trustee of the Chelsea Foundation in 2011,
Piara Powar is the current executive director of anti-discrimination and
social inclusion network, Football Against Racism in Europe (FARE). Prior
to this, Powar served as a director at Kick It Out from 2000 - 2010.


Paul Ramos - Ramos has been associated with Chelsea since 2001 and became
a trustee of the Chelsea Foundation in 2017. In his time at the club,
Ramos has served as Chelsea's head of finance and took on the role of
director of finance in 2018.


Sir Hugh Robertson - Robertson joined the Chelsea Foundation Board of
Trustees in 2015. Robertson has been the chair of the British Olympic
Association since 2016 and previously served as the Minister for Sport.
Earlier in his career, Robertson worked for seven years at Schroder
Investment Management.


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直播吧3月1日訊


《每日電訊報》報道，阿布將切爾西委託給基金會管理一事可能遇到障礙，受託
人正在考慮辭職。


這位俄羅斯（以色列籍）的億萬富翁上週六宣佈，切爾西的控制權將移交給一個
由六名受託人組成的小組，但其中至少有兩名受託人私下擔心自身權益會受到損害。
由於切爾西基金會也受到了當地慈善監管機構的審查，切爾西意識到，他們可能需要
對這些計劃重新考慮。


https://i.imgur.com/EgAaxNg.jpg


就目前情況來看，基金會的一些成員認為，該組織不適合經營足球業務。在週日
的會議之後，更多的談判將在本週進行，切爾西內部已經認識到，在阿布缺席的情況
下，六名被要求管理俱樂部的董事可能不會繼續留任。對切爾西來說，可以考慮的選
擇是，如果受託人離職，將會更換其他人選，或者組建一個更小的團隊，或者完全改
變該計劃，尋找一個新的俱樂部運營模式。


與此同時，切爾西董事會主席布魯斯˙巴克和其他部門負責人將負責切爾西的日
常管理。目前更廣泛的擔憂是，將足球俱樂部作為該基金會的一部分來運營是否符合
慈善法規。此外，此舉還引起了英國慈善委員會的注意。週日，受託人召開了一次會
議，律師們目前正在就一個可能擺在他們面前的潛在計劃擬定提案。有觀點認為，他
們不希望成為阿布的“掩護”。


該慈善基金會由巴克領導，其他受託人還包括 Muckle LLP 律師事務所合夥人約
翰˙迪瓦恩、俱樂部財務總監保羅˙拉莫斯、女足主教練艾瑪˙海耶斯、反歧視組織
Fare的執行董事皮婭拉˙波瓦爾以及英國奧林匹克協會主席休˙羅伯遜爵士。


https://i.imgur.com/r5MNmac.jpg


切爾西堅定地表示，對於任何決定辭職的託管人，不會有任何不滿。上週六，人
們對受託人可能正在管理這家足球俱樂部的說法感到相當驚訝。阿布曾表示，為了保
護切爾西，他將把切爾西的管理交給了基金會。


在週日聯賽盃決賽點球輸給利物浦後，主教練圖赫爾堅持認為，他在切爾西的日
常工作不會有任何改變。


（eagle）


https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2022/02/28/
chelsea-trustees-consider-resigning-roman-abramovichs-hand-over/

Chelsea trustees consider resigning as Roman Abramovich's handover plan
threatens to descend into chaos

By Tom Morgan ; Matt Law and Tom Cary 28 February 2022 ‧ 7:36pm


== The legal view: can Abramovich's plan work? ==

By Tom Cary


˙Would Abramovich's proposal have just been window dressing?


Almost certainly, according to Stephen Taylor Heath, Head of Sports Law at
JMW Solicitors, who thinks it unlikely Abramovich would have ceded any
meaningful control of the club.


“In a legal context 'stewardship' means no more than the job of
supervising or taking care of something,” he says. “In other words the
job of 'caretaker'. If you were to give somebody 'stewardship' of your
home because you were going abroad you would be somewhat affronted if on
your return the caretaker sought to claim ownership of your home.”


There would also have been an investigation into whether Abramovich had
stepped back.


“If the Government was considering sanctions against Abramovich they
would be obtaining legal opinion on its true meaning to establish whether
or not in fact it was merely a PR exercise,” he says.


“In applying the owners and directors test (OADT) the Football
Association and Premier League have always been anxious to establish who
is in actual control of a football club when presented with a separate
legal entity as the proposed owners. The most recent example of this is in
relation to the takeover of Newcastle United when the Premier League
sought to establish whether the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia
(PIF) were in actual control.


“Should the Government decree that Abramovich should not be in control of
the club the Premier League would immediately have had to analyse whether
ownership of the club had in fact been transferred to the Trust.”


˙Would it have protected Chelsea in the case that Abramovich's assets are
seized or he is forced to relinquish ownership?


“As I say, I don't know his exact financial arrangements,” Taylor Heath
says. “But from a legal point of view, just simply saying somebody has
stewardship wouldn't really change anything. From a Premier League point
of view, as far as the OADT is concerned, and from the Government's point
of view, it wouldn't make any difference. If the government were to put
him on the list of oligarchs whose assets are to be seized, I don't think
that statement alone would make any difference.”


˙Would it have put some of the trustees in a difficult position?


“One of the definitions of a Trust is obviously that it's effectively not
for profit, and it has to make altruistic decisions, rather than purely
commercial decisions," says Taylor Heath. "And they might think that is at
odds with somebody who's owning the club for a profit.”

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