The Russian billionaire who owns Chelsea FC, Roman Abramovich is the real-life incarnation of many a fan’s fantasies. The problems with such dreams is that you never quite get what you want, and right now Chelsea are not exactly a dream club.
Roman has the funds and Chelsea is definitely a club capable of greatness, so it will be interesting to see how the Abramovich-owned Chelsea fares going forward - can’t do worse than pre-Roman Chelsea, surely.
Chelsea have been the most successful club in the Premier League ever since Roman Abramovich took over - 2 back-to-back titles and if the Premier League were to finish today, 3 2nd placed finishes that put them ahead of Manchester United and Arsenal in the last 5 years.
And yet this has come with a host of unpleasant side-effects:
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5th January sees the clash of the two richest clubs in England as Chelsea welcome local rivals Queens Park Rangers to Stamford Bridge for the first time in over 10 years.
Unfortunately, this most intriguing local rivalry, coupled with the rare sight of seeing someone richer than Roman sitting in the Directors box hasn’t quite captured the heart of the BBC, who have bizarrely decided that watching Manchester United take on Aston Villa (a fixture we can already watch twice every year) is the better choice for live television.
There is a real clash of similarities between these sides though - the relatively unknown managers: Avram Grant and Luigi de Canio, both of whom were suddenly entrusted with the job by their clubs, without anyone actually knowing who they were.
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One of the wildest rumours circling football at the moment is Ronaldinho heading to Chelsea come January. The Brazilian has not been enjoying his best of seasons this year and claims suggest that Roman Abramovich is ready to dig deep into that bulging wallet of his to entice him to London.
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Yes, I’ve said it before: it’s ‘Top 100 Ranking’ time. Fresh from publishing their Top 100 footballers list last month, English magazine FourFourTwo just released their a list of the Richest players and club owners of the English Premiership, sort of a “2007’s Billionaire’s club” if you will. As the editors eloquently put it, the key message of this year is that “British football is getting richer, and the rich are getting richer“.
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When Roman Abrahamovich months ago already, in May decided that Jose Mourinho had to leave Chelsea F.C, after having missed out on the UCL finale once more, there were only little options. Options as in possible managers for the toy club of the billionaire. Actually there were only two managers worthy enough for Roman’s dreams.
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Chelsea fans should be worried.
The man that brought Chelsea at least one of every major domestic title has finally left the club. I can’t say I am surprised, as the clashes between Jose Mourinho and billionaire owner Roman Abramovich have been widely covered. The Russian finally won out, and Chelsea is left with an interim manager who isn’t half of what Jose was.
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Mourinho’s shocking departure has left one of the hottest managerial seats in football unoccupied. As the quality of Chelsea’s squad is immense and Abramovich’s chequebook is thicker than the latest Harry Potter book, it should come as no surprise if managers will form a queue to apply for the job at The Bridge.
So this naturally opens the door for a ton of speculation, but realistically speaking, who could actually take the job with immediate effect? Avram Grant has been named as manager for the time being but Abramovich will most likely look for a manager with credentials (Ed: And the desire to win playing ’stylish football’, apparently..
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With Manchester United’s recent summer buying, many non-United fans and pundits alike have come out saying that United are now the same as Chelsea in the transfer market - that United are attempting to “buy” success and that they are spending uncontrollably; much like Chelsea did. As a true United and football fan, I say “no, thats not true” and my argument is an unbiased one.
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Some of the stuff mentioned below were not published in Official Chelsea website nor did Jose Mourinho or Peter Kenyon call me on my handphone to inform me. These are stuff doing rounds in the internet in some reputed news websites. Now I think I can start.
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I’m a die-hard Chelsea fan I have been destroyed by the loss of both the Premiership title and (again) the lack of a champions league trophy to add to the trophy cabinet. But I’m far from blaming this on Mourinho. I think I speak for every Chelsea fan when I say he is the ONLY manager for the job. But i believe that Chelsea have to make some serious changes to the playing staff.
I am getting worried about all the speculation about Lamps and Terry leaving because without them I believe that Chelsea would only be scraping a UEFA cup spot. Even if their contracts are tied up in the next few weeks we need to make changes.
Here is a starting line-up that i believe that would win Chelsea the league back and would finally win us that highly coveted Champions League trophy:
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Both Lampard and Mourinho have talked about troubles within the Chelsea camp, pointing to their performance at the Emirates as an indicator of how Chelsea should be playing.
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In a sign of things to come, Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich has admitted in a candid interview that he has accepted a Real Madrid offer for Arjen Robben.
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Roman Abramovich has finally spoken - and his first interview revealed Chelsea secrets and a surprisingly warm affection for Chelsea fans.
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Jose Mourinho has been good for the English Premiership since he moved to Chelsea in June 2004.
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One day they’re quoting Shevchenko as saying that he’s prepared to leave Chelsea, the next day Chelsea deny these claims saying that Sheva has been misquoted in a Russian rag.
What’s going on?
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