The European Union has decided to freeze the assets of Russian club Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich.

According to Arab Net, the British government imposed sanctions on the Russian billionaire on Thursday, which will freeze his bid to sell Chelsea Football Club.

Abramovic, 55, put Chelsea up for sale on March 2, in the wake of the Russian military attack on Ukraine.

Abramović took over Chelsea in 2003 and has always denied any political connection to Russia's ruling class, but Prime Minister Boris Johnson's government said Thursday that it had frozen all assets. Russian billionaire in Britain.

Chelsea will receive a special license to continue its business, but with the sale of the club suspended.