chelsea a normal club now!!

[boro_boy]

It will be interesting to see whether Chelsea can maintain their position in the top 4 clubs now the cheque book is closed.

Abramovich Drops Blues Bombshell
Mon 28 May, 10:09 AM

Roman Abramovich has reportedly told Chelsea he will no longer spend his billions on the club.

The Russian owner has, according to The Sun, decided that he no longer wants to be a key decision maker and believes the club should operate as a proper business - meaning they will have to generate their own transfer budget like most other clubs.

That throws into doubt the future of stars Frank Lampard and John Terry who are both negotiating new deals.

Abramovich, who revealed his plans at a meeting last Monday, has imposed a wage cap and with both England internationals unwilling to settle for less than they feel they are worth, Chelsea may decide to cash in this summer as both players have two years left on their current contracts.

The club are hoping to bring in three new players in the summer, but won't splash the cash on transfer fees as they have in the past.

Steve Sidwell has already joined on a free transfer from Reading with Claudio Pizarro of Bayern Munich set to do likewise, while Brazilian defender Alex will join from PSV in July for a fee of one dollar.

[Middlesbrough No1 Fan]

The chelsea demise begins

They aint going to win jack all next season signing players like steve sidwell :nodyes:

[Nafe]

Maybe this will be good for other clubs to actually succeed in buying players rather than putting a £20 mill price tag on them straight away.

[cliffy]

I'm glad. It's about time they operated like a proper club like the rest of us have to.

[boro_boy]

Yeah, but the Premier League / FA should have stopped them from spending the money. They have/had a monopoly on the game which is a unfair advantage!!

[Pompey Lad]

Is this achually true? lol

[Craig]

Is this achually true? lol

Yeah, it's in the Daily Mail.

Terry and Lampard 'set to leave' Chelsea as Roman starts to pull the plug at Stamford Bridge | the Daily Mail (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/sport/football.html?in_article_id=458146&in_page_id=1771&ICO=SPORT&ICL=TOPART)

[Middlesbrough No1 Fan]

I dont see why lampard and terry should leave becasue of it... they get paid enough the greedy bstards..

[Nafe]

Yeh that makes them look like spongers. I don't think they'll get the same pay anywhere else if they decide to leave anyway...

[FourOneFourOne]

Yeah, it's in the Daily Mail.

Terry and Lampard 'set to leave' Chelsea as Roman starts to pull the plug at Stamford Bridge | the Daily Mail (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/sport/football.html?in_article_id=458146&in_page_id=1771&ICO=SPORT&ICL=TOPART)


The Daily Mail never lie:yikes:

[kiko]

The Daily Mail never lie:yikes:

Indeed! :D

When Rightguard takes over he'll spend the money again.

[guns blazing]

This is a wait and see situation if there ever was one
I give it 2 seasons if it’s true as they are still in a position to attract top players due to CL involvement
And EPL status

[westboy]

I guess he is fed up of the 'buying the title' criticisms. If they get rid of Shevchenko just think how much that will free up...It's only The Sun though so you have to take it with a pinch of salt

[bluemoon]

i suppose it willbe interesting if this takes effect. I think like guns blazing says. It will take a few seasons for it to take effect. There still a better than average club with out abramovichs millions.

[I_AM_CANADIAN!]

God, it's about time... Let's see how they get along without being able to throw a hundred million dollars a season at international superstars to line their bench with. Premiership football may even become interesting again, imagine that!:yikes:

[wednesday4life]

wow- the sun and the daily mail say it so it must be true

now all we need is to see it in the star and we've got definite confirmation

[westboy]

Abramovich says it's not true today but then if the Mail say it's right then that's more trustworthy.

[boro_boy]

What makes you think that like?

[westboy]

ceefax and ill have a look on bbc website because it'll probably say the same thing.

[Kolo]

Chelsea's billionaire owner Roman Abramovich has dismissed reports that he will no longer spend heavily to bring players to Stamford Bridge.

Recent newspaper reports have suggested that Abramovich, who took over at Chelsea in 2003, would be spending less in the transfer market in future years.

But he told radio station Ekho Moskvy that such claims were "nonsense".

bbc
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well theres the interview