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Jake Polden

John Terry urged to take down "appalling" Twitter message to Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich

John Terry's tribute to Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich has been labelled "appalling" by Labour MP Chris Bryant, who has called on the Blues legend to take it down.

Terry paid tribute to his former boss on Twitter after Abramovich announced his plans to sell Chelsea.

The ex-England captain posted a picture of himself holding the Premier League trophy alongside Abramovich with the caption: "The best".

Bryant responded to the post: "This is appalling.

"I think John Terry you should take this down ASAP. The people of Ukraine are being bombed, shelled and murdered while you celebrate Abramovich."

Abramovich has this week faced calls to have his assets seized by the government, with Sir Keir Starmer hitting out at Boris Johnson in the first PMQs since Russia invaded Ukraine, asking "why on earth" the billionaire is not facing sanctions.

Speaking in the House of Commons on Thursday, Bryant said: "Some of us are anxious about why we're not going further on the sanctioning of individuals.

"It's a mystery to me why Roman Abramovich has not yet been sanctioned. The Government itself knows he's been engaged in illicit activity and he's a person of concern to the government, which is why they've not been encouraging him to come to the UK.

"I don't know why Alisher Usmanov has not yet been sanctioned. He's been sanctioned by the EU but not by us. He owns Sutton Place, I don't know why we don't seize that asset.

"I don't know why the UK has not yet seized a single yacht, or a flat, or a property of any kind, whilst over countries in Europe are able to do that.

"Finally, I wonder whether she [Conservative MP Nadine Dorries] would condemn John Terry today. I don't know whether she's seen this, but he has posted today a photo of himself with Roman Abramovich, who is one of Putin's cronies, what will the people of Ukraine think of the former England football captain?"

Dorries, the secretary of state for digital, culture, media and sport, replied: "I agree with much of what he [Bryant] says.

"He knows that I'm limited in what I'm able to do in my department, I cannot mention names, and I hope that we will see the Foreign Office come forward with the sanctions that he's looking for."

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