Roman Abramovich disqualified as Chelsea director but club sale set to progress

Chelsea have been handed a new licence to continue operations and are still locked in negotiations with the Government to ease restrictions.

Roman Abramovich has been barred from being a director of Chelsea (Rebecca Naden/PA)

Roman Abramovich has been disqualified as a director of Chelsea by the Premier League board but the sale of the club is expected to progress with Government oversight.

The sanctioning of Blues owner Abramovich by the UK Government on Thursday saw the Russian-Israeli billionaire’s UK assets frozen, including Chelsea, which stalled proceedings.