Without the lure of Europe's premier cup competition, a disgruntled Roman Abramovich decides against buying a club with significant debt.
Instead, his roubles head to north London and Tottenham - a club he'd also been keeping a keen eye on. Spurs end a year winless run against the struggling Blues in the following season, as the tables turn between the London rivals.
It's not all a bed of roses for Tottenham, who miss out on a first Premier League crown in Abramovich's debut season. At least their fans can celebrate preventing Arsenal from going unbeaten with a win at White Hart Lane.
The club stick by fans' favourite Glenn Hoddle but Abramovich runs out of patience and convinces Jose Mourinho to move to north London in the summer of after leading Porto to Champions League success. A mass exodus follows at White Hart Lane, although Helder Postiga is retained and comes good under his compatriot. While Liverpool win the Champions League in , a Rooney-led Arsenal get their hands on the trophy the next season as English teams continue to conquer the European stage.
Abramovich's choice in Avram Grant seems to be a masterstroke as he takes Tottenham to Moscow for the Champions League final against Manchester United in There are more Russian tears though. Chelsea before Roman Abramovich He wouldn't buy the club only with his money, but also with the bank's money. That would leave Chelsea in debt, like United.
Those kind of owners would be an "effective" owners , but would most likely change Chelsea to the worst at least in terms of results and trophies. Chelsea would probably fall to Liverpool's level which isn't that worse, but still not at the top , and they would have massive problems winning trophies. In essence Chelsea would returned back to the time before Roman Abramovich. A time where there weren't many trophies, and fans morale wasn't as high as it is now. Skip to content. Abramovich is the owner of Chelsea football club for the past 13 years.
The question is, what would happen to Chelsea, if Roman Abramovich would leave the club? More than one scenario could happen. The club haven't even begun to efficiently exploit that market yet, the value a 60, capacity can bring, and will not until they increase Stamford Bridge by a further 50 per cent.
So while the new build is expensive, any buyer will be eyeing it as a way of extracting more value from the Chelsea brand. The official line from the club is that Abramovich isn't selling. Abramovich, like many owners, is looking for investment, not a sale. Abramovich is merely exploring possibilities. And perhaps that is true. However angry Chelsea's owner may be at being dragged into a proxy war between East and West, it would be foolish to surrender Chelsea for anything less than the best price.
And what do Chelsea get for that money? More of the same. Another billionaire. Most likely another foreign owner. Another Abramovich? Not exactly, because he has been a unique steward, but the business he bought has now changed beyond recognition.
Whether buy, buy, buy or sell, sell, sell, in some way, Chelsea is forever Roman's club now. Simon Mignolet is upset that he is stranded as Liverpool's reserve goalkeeper. With Loris Karius departing on loan to Besiktas, Mignolet has been promoted, but feels he should have got the opportunity to leave instead. Well, not always so clear, actually.
Mignolet had the opportunity to join Fulham this summer but was uninterested. He probably thought he could do better. And that's his call - but if he wanted to play, he should have gone. He won't get the opportunity at another elite Premier League club, and he's certainly not too good for Fulham. Mick McCarthy spent the last season at Ipswich being pilloried: negative football, players out of position, the criticism became a maddening drone.
Having said he would stand down at the end of the season, he quit with four games to go, following a win over Barnsley. A substitution after 56 minutes got the bird. Ipswich were 12th at the time, top of a rump of teams that were not in the mix of the play-offs, yet in no danger of going down.
Considering the club were 19th in the Championship for wages, and transfer funds were close to non-existent, McCarthy was doing a highly creditable job. Still, freed from his negative football and baffling decisions, Ipswich are now able to realise their full potential. They're bottom. Mick McCarthy may be able to raise a smile at his critics during his time in charge of Ipswich. By Sunday evening, referee Anthony Taylor must have known he made a mistake and that Etienne Capoue's brutal tackle on Wilfried Zaha was far worse than he judged it in real time.
So why can't he say that? Admit he got it wrong and should have issued a red card. Better still, why can't the Football Association proactively invite Taylor to review his decision? As a yellow card was issued, the incident is considered seen and dealt with and to revisit it is re-refereeing the game. But that is nonsense. Taylor is not infallible; no referee is. Watford's Capoue deserves a three-match ban, and any impartial observer knows it.
He could have put Crystal Palace's best player, and one of the most exciting individuals in the Premier League, out for the season. Zaha could be the difference between safety and many months fighting relegation at Palace. It seems ridiculous that we do not protect clubs, and players, with the threat of retrospective action. There is no shame in Taylor admitting he should have been stronger; the shame is in allowing extremes of violence to go unpunished.
Etienne Capoue was given a yelllow for his tackle on Wilfried Zaha but it should have been red. Short answer: probably nothing too tragic. Sports teams tend not to sell for these stated values however. As per the terms of that loan, Abramovich can actually call it in at any time not just when selling with an month notice i.
Chelsea would have 18 months to repay it. Fifteen years later, whoever would be next would probably have to add at least a zero to both of those numbers.
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