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Nick Purewal discusses the political intricacies behind the £2 billion sale of Chelsea FC in 2022.

The sale of Chelsea FC in 2022 saw politics play a vital role in the sale of football. Nick Purewal, the then AP correspondent assigned to Chelsea had a ringside seat to the remarkable £2 billion pound sale. Nick joins us to discuss interviewing everyone from Roman Abramovich down with Chelsea fan Alex and Matt, who couldn't care less... Patreon members get extra time: 15 more minutes, in which you get to see behind the scenes and find out how the book was written. You can subscribe here: https://www.patreon.com/cw/15MinuteBookClub Buy Sanctioned: The Inside Story of the Sale of Chelsea FC at our Bookshop.org shop. Support authors, indie bookshops and us! UK Link: https://uk.bookshop.org/a/16621/9781785909894 There is no US Bookshop link, so here is the link for that other bookstore place we don't really like, but hey, what can you do... https://a.co/d/06OJiXPK Visit our Bookshop with books from all of our guests via the links below: (UK) https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/15MinuteBookClub (US) https://bookshop.org/shop/15MinuteBookClub Patreon members get extra time: 15 more minutes, in which you get to see behind the scenes and find out how the book was written. You can subscribe…

People in this episode

Hosts: Alex Churchill, Matt Bone

Guest: Nick Purewal

Topics covered

• football
• politics
• sports business
• Chelsea FC
• interviews
• book discussion

Keywords

• Chelsea FC
• Nick Purewal
• Roman Abramovich
• football sale
• politics
• sports
• book discussion

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Chelsea FC, Patreon, Bookshop.org, YouTube

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