Roman Abramovich SCRAPS Chelsea’s new £1bn stadium ‘because he is unwilling to invest in a country where he can’t work’ and ‘WITHDRAWS UK visa request’ in fall-out over Russian poison row

naijaparrot.com

May 31, 2018 7:23 PM

Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich today halted the £1billion redevelopment of Stamford Bridge and tore up his UK visa application in the wake of Britain’s ‘war’ on oligarchs following the Salisbury spy poisoning.

The Russian billionaire, 51, sought Israeli citizenship to regain entry to the UK after the Home Office denied him an investor visa – effectively stopping him from working in Britain.

Mr Abramovich, who is worth £9.3billion, is said to have personally mothballed plans to upgrade Chelsea’s stadium because he is unwilling to invest £1billion into a country where he is now not permitted to work.