Articles tagged with "roman-abramovich"
Michel Platini Ends The Big Money Era
By chris | September 15th, 2009Michel Platini's been throwing his weight around since assuming the UEFA high throne and, whether or not you agree with his ideologies, he's getting stuff ...
Did Kilimanjaro conquer Roman?
By Jack | September 14th, 2009What we know is that the Chelsea owner and a group of his finest friends -- the Daily Mail reckons more than 100, including former Blues ...
Didn't Anyone Tell Chelsea? Don't Mess With Karma.
By chris | September 3rd, 2009It's a witch hunt I tell you! Wait...wrong one. A @#$%ing disgrace! Chelsea Football Club have been banned by FIFA - not UEFA, it's important to ...
Abramovich: Billionaire. Owner. Lord of Irony.
By Rob | August 28th, 2009Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich has reportedly backed plans to curb clubs spending crazy money in the form of a spending cap during transfer windows. While ...
Chelsea denies record bid for Kaka
By Jack | June 3rd, 2009Following reports from Sky Sports this morning suggesting Chelsea had lodged a world-record £73.5 million bid for AC Milan playmaker Kaka, the club has decided to ...
One Transfer Saga Down, One To Go In Milan.
By chris | June 1st, 2009That noise you heard after Carlo Ancelotti stepped down from his post in Milan was the silence brought about by nary a soul batting an ...
Arsene Wenger Accused of "Child Trafficking".
By chris | April 29th, 2009As entire managements go, Bayern's board wins the award for quotability hands down. Between Franz Beckenbauer, Uli Hoeness and Karl-Heinze Rummenigge, you're bound to find ...
Big Daddy Abramovich's Wallet Now Open For Service
By chris | April 10th, 2009And so it begins. After two summers of what could only be considered financial prudence by his lofty standards, the rumors of Roman Abramovich spending ...
Romes spends $342 per minute on Chelsea
By Jack | February 19th, 2009CNN looooves Chelsea. The worldwide leader -- wait, that's ESPN. Whatever -- and it's crack staff have crunched some numbers (1.2 repeating, of course) and come ...
Daily Dose: February 16th, 2009.
By chris | February 16th, 2009Stuff to read while you show the ref just how you feel about him....... Big Boss has spent £240 a minute since joining Chelsea. (CNN) 101GG goals ...
How Hiddink Might Give Chelsea What They Need
By Rob | February 15th, 2009Last week, I did a post explaining what I thought was needed at Stamford Bridge - mainly, a big makeover. Root out the complacency, build ...
Daily Dose: February 11th, 2009.
By chris | February 11th, 2009Stuff to read while you wonder whose life Diego is threatening....... The Unprofessional Foul Power Poll. (Unprofessional Foul) Danielle Lloyd reneges on her moment of righteousness, to ...
Will Anyone Have The Balls To Take Job At Chelsea?
By Wayne Farry | February 9th, 2009I'm not going to rehash over the details of Scolari being sacked. We all know why, pretty much, and Rob has covered it fucking brilliantly ...
Chelski Preview
By Matt | February 6th, 2009To Stamford Bridge We Go Saturday sees a depleted Hull side head south to London to take on a wounded Chelsea team. Making the trip without ...
Roman must speak up
By Jack | January 23rd, 2009Once again, rumors of a Chelsea sale have surfaced. This has become commonplace over the last couple of months, and while most have to be ...
Liverpool and Chelsea In Possible Takeover Talks
By Daryl | January 23rd, 2009Looks like Liverpool could be getting new owners in the very near future, with Kuwaiti billionaire Nasser al Kharafi buying the club from Tom Hicks ...
Chelsea, Yachts and Bad Journalism
By Jack | January 7th, 2009These "Roman to sell" stories won't disappear, will they? First -- and the most entertaining, I must say -- was the informative and engaging "Chelsea or Yacht" ...
No Financial Crisis Here, Say Real Madrid & Lyon
By chris | December 23rd, 2008Coming as a complete surprise to no one, Real Madrid big footed into the auction room, pulled up their pants, puffed out their chest, tilted ...
The 10 Richest Men in Soccer (According to Forbes)
By Daryl | November 19th, 2008Last week, Forbes announced it's list of the 10 Richest Men in Football. None of them are footballers. Though playing the game is spectacularly well ...
Time to worry?
By Jack | November 8th, 2008No, this question does not regard our loss in Rome in midweek nor does it revolve around our current problems in attack (just because we're ...
Top Four Part 3: I don't believe we can crack the top four
By Martini Extra Dry | November 2nd, 2008How bad is that? - The player who spent all summer long trying to leave Villa is confident in our Champions League potential. - Alex Ferguson, the ...
Martin O'Neill offered £30 million to bring in the good times
By Martini Extra Dry | October 16th, 2008Well at least that's what the rumours claim. In reality, this appears to be a story created by the Daily Mirror to make a stir ...
Daily Dose 10.07.08
By Laurie | October 7th, 2008Some news to read as you use a military plane to fly penguins home: Watch out for those sun outages; they could spoil your footy-watching fun. ...
Cobham training facility unveiled
By Jack | August 23rd, 2008Chelsea broke in its newest addition today with the official opening of the new academy at Cobham. Among those on hand for the shindig included ...
What's new at Loftus Road
By Martin | August 22nd, 2008This video shows some of the changes made to the club and to the stadium since Flavio and Co. took over. While the changes ...
Randy, we love you, Randy, we do
By Martini Extra Dry | August 9th, 2008I awoke this morning (at 5.27am because of a screaming hungry baby I might add) with a text on my phone from a friend, that ...
Quote of the Day: Uli Hoeneß takes on the Oil Mafia
By Jan | August 7th, 2008SPOX: What bothers you? Hoeneß: I'm bothered when I drive to a petrol station once a week. This oil mafia squeezes money out of my pockets ...
Be proud... Be very proud
By Martini Extra Dry | July 7th, 2008Villa have today unveiled the new kits for the 2008-9 season which features our new sponsor; local charity Acorns Children's Hospice. This new charity deal ...
Chelsea: Five Years Later
By Jack | July 2nd, 2008Today marks the fifth anniversary of Roman Abramovich's takeover of Chelsea. It was the biggest in British football history at the time --£140 million -- ...
Worried about the ongoing search for a manager?
By Jack | June 6th, 2008Don't be. Why you ask? Well, our owner isn't too caught up in the fiasco. Instead of interviewing candidates, Roman's been busy tossing benjis around Switzerland. No, ...
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