Chelsea’s plans of a stadium redevelopment of Stamford Bridge have come to a halt as Roman Abramovich has pulled the plug on a £1bn scheme due to his visa renewal problems, according to The Guardian.
The club released a statement suggesting that plans to increase the capacity of the stadium to 60,000 will be postponed due to the “current unfavourable investment climate”.
Abramovich received Israeli citizenship this week and is set to move to Tel Aviv. He would then be able to visit Britain for up to six months at a time, thanks to his new passport, but he would not be allowed to work in the country.
This news would come as a bitter blow to the fans as they would have been hoping to compete with the stadiums of West Ham, Arsenal and even Tottenham.
All the clubs have a larger capacity than Stamford Bridge and a number of fans took to Twitter to share their opinion on the news.
British people close to the PM and her advisers ,
Get Abramovich back into the country and get him a work permit.
I need my team #cfc back to winning ways in our new stadium.
I’m shocked u didn’t see this coming back in 2003-2004— DonQuixote TalibJO (@Ayigbe_boi) May 31, 2018
Mark my words, Abramovic will sell #cfc
— Ben Wilkinson (@BenWilkinson25) May 31, 2018
• Abramovic can’t work in UK.
• Stadium plans put on hold.
• No director of football.
• No clarity regarding the managerial situation.
• Courtois likely to leave this summer.Things have been below par so far, need to get better. #CFC pic.twitter.com/QTobfUQ1pB
— ً (@JodyMorrisSZN) May 31, 2018
Can it get any worse? Not sure about Contes future? Abramovich has a million problems!! Courtois wants to go!! Hazard future in doubt!! Stadium plans on hold!! This is so frustrating being a @ChelseaFC fan #CFC
— Chelsea FC Fan Club (@ConteBlueArmy) May 31, 2018
Alot of rumours about #CFC being valued by Deloitte today before a potential sale after the half of the stadium build and Abramovich visa snub.
— Francis McGovern Ⓥ (@begbie_PLI) May 31, 2018
Roman Abramovich has personally taken the decision to put #CFC stadium on hold after being denied a UK Visa…This could be a powerplay by Abramovich to exert pressure on Home Office OR may be genuinely walking away. (via @MattHughesTimes)
— ChelsTransfer (@ChelsTransfer) May 31, 2018
❌ Chelsea cancel new stadium plans.
❌ Roman Abramovich withdraws his application for a UK Visa.
❌ Sky Italia reporting that Chelsea are set to sell Thibaut Courtois.What else will today/tonight bring us?
— TweetChelseaUK (@TweetChelseaUK) May 31, 2018
The end of Chelsea is nearing
— Jithin (@JTHNmj) May 31, 2018
– Abramovic can’t enter UK
– Stadium plans put on hold
– Sarri still not announced
– Conte still not sacked
– Courtois likely to leave this summer
– Hazard unlikely to renew his contractEverything is just plummeting downwards for Chelsea at the moment…
— Mod (@CFCMod) May 31, 2018
