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Decision. but as soon as he sat him the first time, he sent him a rare ferrari. and they spoke all the time. very shy unassuming man. obviously i tried to get the first interview and i heard foot steps behind me and i turn around and there was roman abramovich. and i was like, oh, roman, welcome to chelsea. im rob beasley. can i have an interview. and he smiled and shook my hand and said no. i never did get an interview. but he was always approachable, he was always sitting with fans at the game...

Country. it is not legal, it is wrong. and deeply inappropriate. and i hope that chelsea fans will say stop doing that. because we just dont want that. >> yeah, they need to see the bigger picture. thank you very much for your thoughts. rob, what is that program? >> the bolt ton program when we won the league title in 2000. >> just before i let you go, literally in ten seconds, rob, is this going to cost chelsea players, will players leave if they think that they cant get better contracts, new c...

After the decision to sanction abramovich. and reports of the club had several of its bank accounts temporarily suspended. so lets talk to a couple of chelsea fans quite well-known ones. im joined by a former winger and also sports journalist and author. rob beasley is also a chelsea fan i think fair to say. well start with you, rob. >> were strong. >> ill take your word for it. rob, as a fan, as someone who has been involved in the club for a long time writing about it, are you worried about wh...

Whatever, it would be the duty i think of the government for any reason at all, for people working there. some people have been laid off and not going to be working who were working before. yes, that will be happening for a period of time. but medium to long term, there are expectations that the club will survive. but like many people, what is going on in ukraine -- >> absolutely. and rob, youve met roman abramovich. youve written his book. what was he like? >> and although he sat a player twice...

Contributing and unsettled by what is happening, but chelsea will survive and chelsea will continue to compete at the highest level. there is going to be a state of flux, but well get back to normal sooner thank you think. >> okay. rob, pat, thank you both very much for your thoughts on chelsea this morning. definitely a state of flux. and even the manager said we just dont know what is happening from one day to the next. we have to live in the moment. which is kind of the message for everybody ...