Some Football Clubs Owned by Russians

The name Roman Abramovich has been a hot topic of conversation in recent days. Yes, the Russian tycoon will certainly sell his football club, namely Chelsea in the near future. This was done by Abramovich because of the impact of the conflict between Russia and Ukraine.
Apart from Chelsea, there are actually a number of other European football clubs owned by Russians. So, which clubs are owned by Russian billionaires? Here's the review!

1. Bournemouth
Apart from Chelsea, these are the 5 football clubs owned by Russians. Bournemouth players celebrate after scoring a goal against QPR. (skysports.com)

Bournemouth is an English club currently playing in the Championship division. In 2011, Maxim Demin bought a 50 percent stake in the club. The man from Russia then bought it in full since 2019.
He is estimated to have a net worth of £900 million in 2020. His best achievement with Bournemouth was in 2015. At that time, his club was promoted to the Premier League.

2. AS Monaco
AS Monaco was bought by Dmitry Rybolovlev in December 2011. This Russian man is estimated to have a net worth of £5 billion or equivalent to Rp95 trillion in 2021. Even so, AS Monaco was on the verge of financial collapse in 2017.

As a result, the French club at that time was forced to sell a number of its star players, such as Kylian Mbappe and Bernardo Silva. Rybolovlev's best achievement while leading AS Monaco was winning the Ligue 1 competition in the 2016/2017 season.

3. Cercle Brugge

In addition to owning AS Monaco, Dmitry Rybolovlev also has a stake in Belgian club Cercle Brugge. He bought a majority stake in the club in 2017. Under his ownership, Cercle Brugge managed to return to the Belgian top flight.
In the 2021/2022 season, Cercle Brugge is still stuck in the ninth position of the Jupiler Pro League. The club is known to always produce quality young talents who are then sold expensively to other teams.

4. Vitesse Arnhem

Valeriy Oyf is the owner of the Eredivisie club, Vitesse Arnhem. Vitesse himself is known to have a very good relationship with Chelsea. The reason is that a number of young Blues players were loaned to the Dutch club, such as Mason Mount, Fikayo Tomori and Armando Broja.
This cooperation is certainly inseparable from the closeness of Valeriy Oyf and Roman Abramovich. However, beyond that, Vitesse has a debt that is quite soaring in 2021. As a result, Oyf was forced to spend his own money to keep the club running.

5. Krasnodar FC
The name Roman Abramovich has been a hot topic of conversation in recent days. Yes, the Russian tycoon will certainly sell his football club, namely Chelsea in the near future. This was done by Abramovich because of the impact of the conflict between Russia and Ukraine.

In 2008, Sergey Galisky was the mastermind behind the founding of Krasnodar FC. Now the club is on the rise and can compete in the highest caste of Russia.
In fact, Krasnodar managed to qualify for the Champions League in the 2020/2021 season. Reportedly Galisky has spent 400 million pounds sterling or Rp7.6 trillion to finance the club.
For Galisky, the nominal does not seem to be a problem. The reason is, this 53-year-old man is estimated to have a wealth of around 3.5 billion pounds, or the equivalent of IDR 66 trillion.
 If you look at Roman Abramovich, it is not impossible that the owners of the above clubs will also release their shares in the near future.

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