Sanctioned
The Inside Story of the Sale of Chelsea FC
$19.99
- Paperback
352 pages
- Release Date
1 July 2026
Summary
The sale of Chelsea Football Club in 2022 was one of the highest-profile and most controversial sports transactions of all time. In the shadow of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, what unfolded after Roman Abramovich was forced to put his beloved club up for sale would change English football forever. Under the threat of bankruptcy and ruin, Chelsea pulled off a complex transaction in three tense and troubling months – a quarter of the time many analysts would normally set aside for such a deal. …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781837360567 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1837360561 |
| Author: | Nick Purewal |
| Publisher: | Biteback Publishing |
| Imprint: | Biteback Publishing |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 352 |
| Release Date: | 1 July 2026 |
| Weight: | 237g |
| Dimensions: | 22mm x 153mm x 234mm |
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Critics Review
“Nick Purewal knows Chelsea inside out. So he’s perfectlyplaced to tell the inside story of the most extraordinary period in the historyof Chelsea - and of English football. He’s even got Roman Abramovich to talk.” –Henry Winter
“A story the whole of football has been waiting to read.Football meets geopolitics in an epic tale of money and power.” –Paul Hayward, The Observer
“A story that readsmore like a John le Carré thriller novel than the sports pages.” –Jerusalem Post
“Sanctioned ismore than just a sports business book; it’s a compelling examination of howglobal politics, big money and the beautiful game intersect in the modern era.For anyone interested in football, business or geopolitics, this book offers anessential and gripping account of a unique moment in sporting history.” –Soccer Books
Nick Purewal
Nick Purewal is a freelance reporter and writer with twenty years’ experience in news and sports journalism. Nick reported on the entirety of the Chelsea sale in his role as Chelsea correspondent at the Press Association, breaking the world exclusive that Roman Abramovich was working to help the early peace process between Russia and Ukraine and later the shock news that key bidders the Ricketts family had pulled out of the race to buy the club. Beginning his career at the Grimsby Telegraph, Nick has also worked for the Newcastle Chronicle, the Gloucester Citizen and the Evening Standard and now freelances for a variety of national outlets in addition to ghostwriting books and working on other long-form projects.
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