Chelsea to spend another £80m in three key positions?

The Sun in the early hours this morning is reporting that Roman Abramovich wants more “thrilling and sexy football” and intends to bankroll another £80m this summer to bring in players to three areas that have been identified that need bolstering. The…

More good news! Roman tells Benitez to forget it!

What a great couple of days for us Chelsea fans. We beat Spurs at the Bridge, United lose to Arsenal and now we have reports that Roman Abramovich has told Rafa (The FSW) Benitez to forget about ever becoming Chelsea manager!. Benitez had seen that Fer…

“Carlo needs to fight his corner!”

As I sit here in departures waiting for my flight home back to London the result on Tuesday night still weighs heavily on my mind. I hate the fact that I keep thinking “If only” but it’s been the same story in the Champions League for two seasons now! …

The inquest begins! Something’s got to change.

As much as Carlo Ancelotti is a good man and I have grown to love him being our manager the fact remains, he was brought to the club to win the Champions League, said it in his first ever interview and numerous times but hasn’t come close to delivering…

Chelsea fans!, Ignore all the crap ahead of United this week!

Look there are going to be all sorts of stories about us and the game Tuesday night but a story that is doing the rounds about Abramovich being fed up with Fernando Torres is ridiculous!!Torres has come to Chelsea to help win the Champions League but a…

“Just when it’s time to react, he got the chequebook out”.

Petr Cech is featured in The Sun today speaking of a couple of things but has been quick to point out to everyone that Roman Abramovich is as committed to Chelsea now as he has ever been which is great to hear. We all know that there was a spell recent…

Ruthless Roman continues to shake things up.

It’s being reported today following Frank Arnesen’s decision to leave Chelsea at the end of the season, that head of Senior Scouting, Lee Congerton has been placed on gardening leave at the club after he has agreed to join Arnesen in Hamburg as Technic…

Ancelotti leaving in the summer? Van Basten or Rijkaard in?

Tonight this story has caught my attention. Apparently Roman Abramovich and Carlo Ancelotti have “agreed” to part company in the summer!. The replacement at Chelsea will be one of two Dutchmen, Marco Van Basten or Frank Rijkaard. First of all I think i…

Usmanov overtakes Abramovich in Russian rich-list

The Arsenal shareholder Alisher Usmanov has knocked Roman Abramovich out of the Top Three in the list of Russia’s richest people. Abramovich has never been below third before, and although he raised the value of his assets to £10.6 billion he sl…

Chelsea Need To Stop Relying On Abramovich

If reports are true that Chelsea will be seeking to balance their books by selling some of their more senior players then I think Chelsea are moving in the right direction. Abramovich has spent millions building several different teams but it can&#8217…

Ancelotti – Abramovich steps up and backs his man.

We all have had our opinions on Carlo Ancelotti at some stage of the season and I have aired my view on here. I have also aired my view on what looked like the club’s transfer policies and you the Chelsea fans have also argued your point of view as it …

Abramovich’s new dawn at Chelsea.

Roman Abramovich has stunned the football world once again as he did over 8 years ago tonight and has made his and Chelsea’s intentions clear. There were those of us that called into question his commitment to the Chelsea cause at some stages of this s…

Will UEFA punish Chelsea for spending £70million?

The Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich spent over £76m of his own money yesterday when he bought Fernando Torres and David Luiz, but he didn’t recoup a penny by selling any of his squad. This simply means that the £76m will be added to any loss the…

The Torres Song – It’s Here Already!

The transfer hasn’t even yet been finalized, the ink isn’t even on the contract let alone dried, but already the good folks of the world of Twitter have provided us with a great song, taking the mick…

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New bid for Fernando Torres, desperation or a sign of intent?

As reported here last night we all became immediately aware of Chelsea’s second attempt to sign Fernando Torres. A reported bid (although at the time of writing this article not confirmed by Chelsea) of around £40m has been turned down by Liverpool. A…

Arshavin to Chelsea! Worst Arsenal rumour ever?

I nearly actually spluttered my cornflakes all over the screen this morning when I can across the most ridiculous Arsenal rumour ever invented. Of course it’s from the News of the World…
The story goes that Andrei Arshavin is very unhappy a…

PIENAAR. Carlo not bothered but how will the board react?.

This article in the Star this morning quoted a “source” close to the player himself more or less confirms what we all have been thinking about Chelsea’s transfer policy as it stands these days. Carlo doesn’t really have a say. This so called “source” i…

Abramovich – Something doesn’t add up for me.

Carlo has spoken of Roman Abramovich and the fact that he isn’t happy with Chelsea’s run of form, but still has his total support. He said:“I spoke with Roman. He is not happy. He knows the difficulty of the results and has asked us to look forward a…

Abramovich donates damages won from libel case to charity

Left ashamed, mistaken, sorry (and probably fired!), the editor of La Repubblica (the Italian newspaper) is extremely sorry he decided to approve an article that publicly accused Roman Abramovich of having a gambling problem.
The Russian billionaire and Chelsea owner, Abramovich, was alleged to have lost his luxury 500,000 Euro yacht in a friendly poker [...]