Chelsea owner Abramovich shrugs off third party ownership claims | OneFootball

Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich has shrugged off claims from the BBC of holding past third part ownership in players unconnected to the Blues.

The Russian held the economic rights to the players through a company based in the British Virgin Islands and one of them - Peruvian winger Andre Carrillo - played against Chelsea in two Champions League ties in 2014.

The Premier League outlawed third-party ownership in 2008 following West Ham's loan signing of Carlos Tevez and Javier Mascherano, but it was not banned by FIFA until 2015, the year after Carrillo played for Sporting Lisbon in two Champions League group defeats by Chelsea.

Leiston owned stakes in two other Sporting players - Gael Etock, who played for the club between 2012 and 2013, and Valentin Viola, who was in the squad between 2012 and 2016.

A spokeswoman for Abramovich said no rules were broken.