Shows of solidarity with Ukraine on the field are made more complicated by entanglements between clubs, organizations and Russian leadership.
Initially, at least, the statement was bewildering. Roman Abramovich was “giving trustees of Chelsea’s charitable Foundation the stewardship and care of Chelsea FC.” It was soon clarified that he remains the owner and that there were numerous complications about passing the club over to its trustees. But the question remained: What was going on?
Clearly, this means something. It’s probably an attempt to distance the club from Abramovich should he become the subject of sanctions imposed by the U.