‘Su,icide mission’ to threa;ten Roman Abramovich associate, court told

A football agent got into trouble for sending a scary email to someone who used to work for Chelsea Football Club. He told the court that trying to scare someone who has the support of Roman Abramovich, the old boss of Chelsea, would be like asking for trouble.

This guy, Saif Alrubie, helped organize a player transfer deal from Chelsea to West Ham and thought he deserved some money from it. He sent an email to Marina Granovskaia, who was in charge at Chelsea, asking for his cut. But the prosecutors say he wasn’t supposed to get any money from the deal.

When the police arrested him, he wasn’t happy about it at all. He compared it to being treated like a famous criminal. He explained in court that he was only trying to threaten legal action, not violence, in his email to Granovskaia.

He admitted he sent an angry email demanding his money, but he said he didn’t mean to threaten anyone physically. He also talked about a disagreement he had with another football agent, Kia Joorabchian, over money.

Alrubie said he was frustrated with the situation and wished he had used softer words in his email. He also mentioned a meeting he had in Dubai with Chelsea’s security team to sort things out.

The court heard that Alrubie was promised a commission if the transfer fee was over a certain amount, but the prosecutors say there was nothing official about that promise.

Alrubie argued that he deserved his commission and felt cheated out of it. He didn’t think it was fair how the transfer fee was divided up.

He mentioned Mr. Joorabchian in his email to Granovskaia, suggesting she should pay up like he eventually did. But the police found no connection between Joorabchian’s situation and Alrubie’s email.

The trial continues, with Alrubie denying that he intended to cause distress with his email.