David Beckham, Rio Ferdinand and Alex Scott ‘lined up for Ukraine charity game’ at Chelsea
CHELSEA is set to host a star charity football match to aid war-torn Ukraine.
The game comes just over a year after its Russian former owner Roman Abramovich was forced to sell the club.
Celebs including TV host Alex Scott, singer Niall Horan, England hero David Beckham and pundit Rio Ferdinand — also an ex-Three Lions ace — are being lined up to take part in some form on August 5.
Ex-Chelsea player Andriy Shevchenko and Arsenal’s Oleksandr Zinchenko — both Ukrainians — are tipped to captain the two teams at Stamford Bridge.
Game4Ukraine will raise money for President Volodymyr Zelensky’s United24 global charity.
Oligarch Abramovich quit Chelsea amid threats of sanctions after Vladimir Putin’s Russia invaded Ukraine last February.
A source said: “Game4- Ukraine is going to be the biggest charity event of the year.
“As well as a massive match, there is going to be a huge half-time show from a couple of big name stars.
“It is going to be a stellar event.”
The game is organised by Lester Holcombe, whose 2017 Game4Grenfell raised £900,000 for victims of the tower block disaster.
