On Tuesday, the Foreign Minister confirmed contacts with the British government over the sale of Chelsea club controlled by Roman Abramovich until the international sanctions for the invasion of Ukraine, with Joao Gomez Cravinho ensuring that they will be applied.
“With regard to Chelsea, of course, there is a completely essential point here: Portugal applies the sanctions imposed by the European Union. We do it strictly, we do it without exception, and this is how we apply the sanctions,” said the head of Portuguese diplomacy, who was questioned by journalists on the sidelines of the visit. It is carried out to the island of Santo Antao in Cape Verde, “So we will continue to apply sanctions.”
At stake is the sale of Chelsea FC to the group led by Todd Boehle, co-owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers baseball team, which according to the British press should close within the next 24 hours, for £4.25 billion (4). .9 billion euros).
However, since Roman Abramovich holds a Portuguese passport, Portuguese authorities will also have to agree to the deal, as reported Monday by BBC.
“The British government is studying the possibilities of alienating what is currently the property of a person on the sanctions list. It is clear that we are in dialogue with the British government, we are in dialogue with the European Commission, but we will be stubborn in implementing our legal obligations”, stated João Gomes Cravinho.
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