Newcastle chief Amanda Staveley slams 'unfair' calls for Roman Abramovich to sell Chelsea

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Newcastle United chief Amanda Staveley has slammed the "unfair" pressure on Roman Abramovich to sell Chelsea.Staveley and Abramovich have common ground in that their respective ownership of their Premier League clubs has both faced criticism because of the political situations surrounding their overseas investments.The takeover of Newcastle by the Saudi Arabian Public Investment Fund (PIF) last year was in doubt for a long time due to the human rights record of the Saudi state.And Russian billionaire Abramovich has now decided to invite buyers for Chelsea after he came under-fire following his home country's continued invasion of Ukraine.Staveley was asked about her counterpart's situation at the Financial Times' Business of Football Summit in London on Thursday (March 3).She said: "PIF run the club as an autonomous institution that runs the club separately."This world is always going to have geo-political issues.

This world is never not going to have problems. I know that is really hard.What do you make of Staveley's views? Let us know in the comments section.Want to be on the ball with all of the latest football news?Well then sign up for the brilliant Daily Star football email newsletter!From the latest transfer news to the agenda-setting stories, get it all in your email inbox - don't miss a thing.It only takes a matter of seconds.Simply type your email address into the box at the top of this article and hit 'subscribe'.And that's it, job done.

You'll receive an email with all of the top news stories every single morning.You can find out more information on our email newsletter on this link here."I am sad someone will have a club taken away from them because of a relationship they may have with someone.