Chelsea boss Thomas Tuchel admits he learned of Eugene Tenenbaum's sanctioning by the UK government by the press.
The Chelsea director saw his British assets frozen a month after Blues owner Roman Abramovich had experienced the same.
Tuchel said, "We read it yesterday. I saw it yesterday in the news. Was not much more about it also for us. I don't know the implications and what it means for the club right now. I was just with the team and staff here yesterday, and we heard it.
"Right now, it is not a further distraction, it's just one more, just one more of the same kind. We still hope that things will calm down and be sorted out in the process with the government."
Asked about the timing of the news on the eve of their FA Cup semifinal against Crystal Palace, Tuchel also said: "No, this is the situation. The same situation about the sale of the club, the board, all that process. It is within that subject, no new subject.
"For me, from my point of view, what I can tell you from the training ground, it is less of a distraction than you maybe think from the number of headlines than if you see it on TV as breaking news. In here, it doesn't change a thing because it is within the same subject, and we trust everybody in the process to find the solution."
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