Chelsea faces an uncertain future after freezing the team's accounts and imposing restrictions that will limit the club's ability to make new deals or renew the contracts of its players, which has raised speculation about the departure of all the stars.
British press reports expected the major clubs to flock to the Chelsea stars, taking advantage of the current period of uncertainty and the club's inability to fulfill a number of its financial obligations.
And the newspaper “Daily Mail” reported that the list of players nominated to leave includes midfielders N’Golo Kante and Jorginho, and their contract expires in 2023, in addition to striker Mason Mount, who was in negotiations with the club to renew his contract before the imposition of the new sanctions, which is the same The situation of defender Reece James, who is receiving interest from Manchester City and Real Madrid.
For its part, the Telegraph newspaper spoke of a number of players planning to take advantage of the current situation and leave the team for free during the next summer transfer period.
The sanctions targeting Chelsea's owner, Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich, have frozen all his assets in Britain except for Chelsea, where the club currently operates under special and strict conditions.
Sanctions were imposed on Abramovich last Thursday after it was established that he had links with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Abramovich has always denied having any connection with the current Russian regime, which faces successive sanctions due to the war on Ukraine.
Chelsea's license has been strictly designed to ensure that Abramovich does not receive any profits while the club continues to operate, with the sale of tickets and the prohibition of transfers or new contracts for existing players.
These new government rules have led to banks suspending a number of Chelsea accounts on short-term grounds, in order to obtain more details about this licence.
Chelsea hopes that the suspension will be lifted soon, in order for the London team to come close to working normally, and representatives of the team have entered into negotiations with government officials about amendments to the new licence.
Abramovich offered Chelsea for sale earlier this month, after mounting pressure since the start of Russia's war on Ukraine, to announce the end of his ownership of the club after 19 years, during which he won 21 titles.