Why FA should strip Chelsea of every trophy won under Abramovich

In a recent statement, former Liverpool star Stan Collymore has urged the FA to strip Chelsea of every trophy won under their Russian billionaire owner Roman Abramovich.

According to him, the UK Government’s decision to freeze Abramovich’s assets because of his links to Russian President Vladimir Putin is a reason to strip Chelsea of all the trophies won during his reign.

Collymore tweeted: “So the question now needs to be asked if Chelsea’s loans, access to ‘dodgy’ money and sanctions against its primary source of funds for 20 years is now rubber-stamped. How can titles won in this period stand?

“The British Government only knew Abramovich was a Putin acolyte today? Not the other 20 years? Who’s leading the security services? Inspector Clouseau?

“When RA bought the club the love of a team had strings attached. An oligarch. You can’t detach team from oligarch because team success came directly from him.

“Medals are stripped for doping, so will trophies?

“If someone doped in an Olympics 30 yrs ago they would still be stripped of the medal now.

“Therefore retro punishment is a logical question to ask. Juventus had titles stripped for match-fixing. Juventus.”