Archive for the 'Roman Abramovich' Category
Roman Abramovich Wipes Chelsea’s 340 Million Pound Debt Clean
With so much focus recently on the amount of debt that the top tier Premiership clubs have been taking on, Chelsea's Russian owner Roman Abramovich has written off the 340 Million Pound debt the team's put together since buying the club in 2003.
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Roman Abramovich to Chelsea Chief Ron Gourlay: Signing Franck Ribery is Top Priority
More possible Chelsea transfer news from the Daily Mail:
Roman Abramovich has told new Chelsea chief executive Ron Gourlay to make signing Franck Ribery his top priority. The Russian billionaire is desperate to bring the Bayern Munich winger to Stamford Bridge for £45million, preferably in January but in the summer at the very latest, and make him ...
Captain John Terry Urges Chelsea Owner Roman Abramovich to Make it Rain in January
John Terry expects Roman Abramovich to take advantage of the January transfer market and reinforce Chelsea's squad before the club is banned from trading. Terry believes owner Abramovich will fund new signings for manager Carlo Ancelotti to keep the Premier League leaders on course for their first title since 2006 as injuries and international call-ups ...
Didier Drogba to Build A Hospital in the Ivory Coast
In a remarkable show of charity, ferocious Chelsea striker Didier Drogba has pledged a £3million donation to build a hospital. Drogba is handing over the fee he will receive for becoming the new face of Pepsi. Chelsea, his employers, should have been entitled to a cut from his sponsorship fee as a result of an image rights clause in Drogba's ...
Chelsea Owner Installs New Laser Shield For Mega-Yacht
Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich has a rather curious new addition built in to his latest oversized yacht...Ambramovich has installed an anti-paparazzi “shield”.
Lasers sweep the surroundings and when they detect a CCD, they fire a bolt of light right at the camera to obliterate any photograph.
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Chelsea Set to Spend £100m to Challenge For Title
With Real Madrid and Manchester City having hughe summers in the transfer market, it looks like it's Roman's turn to make some waves before the window closes and the season starts. According to the Daily Mail, Roman is looking set to splash out £100 million to land Andrea Pirlo, Sergio Aguero and Franck Ribery. Ribery and Aguero have been on the ...
Ancelotti Says Yes to Chelsea…?
With Chelsea playing wicked ball, but Chelsea Coach Hiddink promising only to stay the year, The Sun is reporting that current AC Milan coach Carlo Ancelotti has given a promise to Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich to take over the club next year. (more...)
Abramovich Hit Hard By Financial Crisis
According to Forbes Magazine, Roman Abramovich was the 15th richest person in the world with a worth of over $23.5 Billion in May of 2008. Since then, things have changed dramatically for the Chelsea owner.
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