Why all Chelsea Premier League titles should be stripped off – Former Liverpool star tells FA
Following the government’s sanction on Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich, Collymore has also called for the club to be stripped of every title won under his watch.
However, Former Liverpool striker Stan Collymore has tried to gain some relevance and attention from the media.
Chelsea have won 21 trophies in the Roman Abramovich era, including five Premier League titles, and Collymore believes that the club should be stripped of everything since the owner was found guilty of using ‘dodgy money’, citing how Juventus were stripped of some of their Serie A titles for match fixing.
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.”
Collymore has shown his lack of intelligence with this statement. And if he wants to play that card, then the government, law enforcement agencies, financial institutions and Co should be brought to book for permitting the so-called dodgy money in the first place.
Besides, when Roman’s wealth was going into charity organisations and NHS, no one made mention of dodgy money. Talk about double standards.