Chelsea fc graham potter

A year ago today, Roman Abramovich announced that he was putting Chelsea up for sale after almost 20 years as the club's owner.

So 10 months on from the latest takeover – on-pitch form aside – I’m mostly glad that we have a club future to look forward to." The football landscape is very different from that Abramovich found in 2003, so it may take time to reach that point – and Chelsea's results and performances this season haven't been good enough. But there was the obvious backdrop of an invasion of a sovereign country going on – and that then linked to the eventual sanctions." Given their level of investment, both in buying the club and the fees paid for players, their ambition is clear. The Abramovich era was over – and with that, Chelsea's path was forever altered. This is the legacy that we have created together." Abramovich's last correspondence as Chelsea owner came on May 28; a few hours earlier the club confirmed a "final and definitive agreement" had been reached with Boehly/Clearlake. "It was a weird and intense period, something I never want to experience again. "It has been a privilege of a lifetime to be part of Chelsea and I am proud of all our joint achievements. "No, it was more about the bottom line: that we can allow ourselves to keep on going and do what we did in the last few days. "The sale of the club will not be fast-tracked but will follow due process. Roman Abramovich – the man who transformed Chelsea, who turned the club into a winning machine – was putting the club up for sale.