Chelsea boss ‘defamed’ in Putin book

Chelsea boss Roman Abramovich has issued legal proceedings against one of the world’s largest publishing companies for making ‘false and defamatory’ claims about the billionaire and his purchase of the football club. The billionaire, 54, claims HarperCollins was wrong to allow ‘unsubstantiated’ allegations to be printed in ‘Putin’s People: How the KGB took back Russia and then took on the West’, written by Catherine Belton. The book contains allegations that Mr Abramovich has acted corruptly and bought the Premier League…