- Chelsea owner makes first visit to Stamford Bridge since 2018
- Thomas Tuchel says Russian billionaire is ‘in love with the game’
Roman Abramovich will not attend Chelsea’s Champions League tie against Juventus at Stamford Bridge on Tuesday night despite travelling to London and making a rare visit to the stadium last weekend.
Chelsea’s owner, who has not been seen at a home game for over three years, visited London to host Israel’s president, Isaac Herzog, at a small event at Stamford Bridge last Sunday. It marked the first time that Abramovich, who has not used the trip to meet with Thomas Tuchel, has been at the club’s stadium since a delay over his application for a new UK visa led to him withdrawing it in 2018.