Private property in sacred in the Western European world, but also in the whole world for that matter. Even the USA were built on such grounds. But when it comes to recent events concerning the war in Ukraine and the wish to punish Russia, even that sacred rule is abandoned. Roman Abramovich is seen as an oligarch close to Russian president Vladimir Putin, and as such, he has been under sanctions, along with all of his countryman who have properties in Britain. All of a sudden, the rules are flexible and Chelsea is under threat. And so far, nobody is questioning the decision, even thou it affects the regular people working for the Blues. Other athletes and coaches are not commenting on the situation, and when they are asked to do that, like Liverpool coach Jurgen Klopp was, they support the UK government.’As long as we have enough shirts and a bus to drive, we’ll compete’Ahead of Brighton game on Saturday, the German tactician acknowledged that all employees in Chelsea (coaches and players too) are not to blame for the current situation, but still supported the decision to seize Abramovich’s property, even thou he admitted he doesn’t know if the Russian has anything to do with Putin. “Thomas Tuchel and I know each other but we are not that close that we chat. Around the games, yes, but not in other moments. Of course I feel for him and the players and all the employees at Chelsea because it’s obviously not a nice situation. It’s nothing they are responsible for, what happens around. There is one man who is really responsible and that’s Vladimir Putin. I don’t know about Roman Abramovich’s role in all these kind of things. But over the years you could guess that maybe he is pretty close. I think what the British Government did is right to be 100% honest. But it is still not cool for the people at Chelsea and the supporters. I get that. But I think the things the Government did are right” said Klopp. (7.00) BRIGHTON (4.30) LIVERPOOL (1.53)Another more important question for Liverpool surfaced again, and it’s the ‘eternal’ subject – Mohamed Salah’s contract. Liverpool’s best player has a contract until 2023, so May 2022 is the right time to renew, or sell the player, thus avoiding the Egyptian to walk away for free. Nobody knows if the negotiations have taken place or not, nobody knows if there is any offer on the table, but Klopp was cool about it. “Mo definitely expects this club to be ambitious, we were in the last years and we are. Of course we cannot do much more, that’s how it is, I think meanwhile it is Mo’s decision, pretty much. I think the club did what the club can do. There’s nothing more to say about it from my point of view, it is exactly like it should be at the moment. Nothing happened further, so no signing, no rejection or whatever so we just have to wait for that, it’s completely fine, there’s no rush in this situation” reassured Klopp everybody.
