Jamie Carragher has criticized statements made by Chelsea concerning membership proprietor Roman Abramovich and the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
The Blues introduced on Saturday that the Russian would hand over “oversight and care” of the membership to 6 trustees from his charitable basis. Among the many trustees are membership president Bruce Buck. Moreover, Chelsea Ladies’s Membership Supervisor Emma Hayes can also be one of many trustees.
Then Chelsea launched one other assertion on Sunday. It was carried out hours earlier than the beginning of the Carabao Cup closing.
It learn: “The state of affairs in Ukraine is appalling and devastating. Chelsea FC ideas are with everybody in Ukraine. Everybody on the membership is praying for peace.”
Each statements have been met with a substantial amount of criticism from the soccer world and past. Abramovich’s assertion didn’t point out Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Carragher slams Chelsea for ‘actually dangerous’ feedback
Chatting with Sky Sports activities forward of the Carabao Cup closing kick off, Jamie Carragher slammed Chelsea over each statements.
He mentioned, “I do not suppose they dealt with it rather well. With the 2 statements they made, I feel it was actually dangerous they usually let themselves down fairly badly.”
“The membership got here out at this time and issued a press release, however I feel it was virtually attempting to appropriate what Roman Abramovich had put within the evening earlier than.
“I do not suppose they did that properly both. It did not work out for them in any respect. I feel they embarrassed themselves.
“They need to have been rather a lot stronger in what they mentioned, and by way of Roman Abramovich’s switch to Chelsea trustees, it isn’t his giving up the membership, stewardship isn’t possession.
“It’s utterly totally different as a result of he’s nonetheless in cost, and he’s nonetheless operating it, which is nice. However to not point out in his preliminary assertion what was taking place in Ukraine, I believed that was actually dangerous.”
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