LONDON, January 18 (RIA Novosti) - Roman Abramovich, the Russian tycoon owner of Chelsea FC, could sell the London club to an Arab country in the Persian Gulf, a British paper reported on Sunday.
"Representatives of the oligarch have travelled to Saudi Arabia and Dubai to elicit interest in the club," The Sunday Times said, referring to Gulf sources. According to the paper, at least one of the meetings was held with members of the Saudi royal family but there has been no evidence so far of a potential buyer. However, a Chelsea spokesman said that it was "total nonsense" that the Russian billionaire was willing to sell the club, the paper reported. Abramovich's wealth has fallen sharply amid the ongoing global financial crisis. Philip Beresford, who compiles The Sunday Times Rich List, conservatively estimates that Abramovich has lost 3 billion British pounds ($4.4 billion) from his fortune of 11.7 billion pounds ($17 billion), the paper said. "City experts question whether he may have a short-term problem with liquidity and needs cash," the paper said. ------------------------------------ Post message: prole...@egroups.com Subscribe : proletar-subscr...@egroups.com Unsubscribe : proletar-unsubscr...@egroups.com List owner : proletar-ow...@egroups.com Homepage : http://proletar.8m.com/Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:proletar-dig...@yahoogroups.com mailto:proletar-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: proletar-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
