Gab Marcotti
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But the other thing is, from the start, what made no sense, everybody's reporting, oh, he's going to give all the money to the victims of the war.
And I'm like, wait a minute.
He should give his profits that he made from the sale.
You could make that argument.
But what about the money he put into Chelsea?
And so, sure enough, in the accounts, they see that the deal was, hey, it's the net proceeds of the sale, so it's less than a billion pounds.
That's still a lot of money.
But he bought the club for a certain amount, and what he was doing over the years is he was basically lending money to himself, lending money to Chelsea, which, by the way, was legal.
an owner loan at the time.
I think a lot of people, this has been so badly handled from the start.
There's been a lack of transparency, a lack of clarity.
Now people think that promises were made and not made.
And of course, this is before the other biggest issue with this, which is that they couldn't agree at the start.
Oh, victims of the war in Ukraine.
Well, that includes the Russian victims, Abramovich is saying.
And let's go and give money to those people too.
Whatever you think about this, this should have been clarified at the very start.
CAF has decided to postpone the Women's Africa Cup of Nations just 12 days before it was due to start in Morocco.
Jules, many are saying it shows a complete disrespect for the women's game.