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The industrial language employed by some of the squad is said to have shocked Roman Abramovich. As player after player directly criticised AVB for confusing tactics and selections. Cahill’s one game in five was mentioned. Given Saturday’s performance...
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Reports that players are still in contact with former boss Jose Mourinho and the form of Fernando Torres have also contributed to the club's dire fortunes, which could see Roman Abramovich call time on on the 34-year-old's tenure. The likes of Avram...
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The Blues have struggled in recent months to find their form and could only draw with Championship Birmingham in the FA Cup in their last outing. Chelsea boss Andre Villas-Boas is now under intense pressure from the media, the fans and it seems Blues...
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In many cases, the jeering editors and journos are the very same ones who like to mock Roman Abramovich for being a know-nothing nouveau riche interloper who thinks splurging vast sums of lucre should guarantee instant results. The thing is, as less...
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HMRC has chased Premier League clubs who paid their superstars partly for image rights, therefore free of PAYE and national insurance and often via offshore tax havens, and 16 clubs have now made increased tax payments dating back to 2004. Chelsea...
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ANI London, Feb 21: Roman Abramovich, who splashed out 25 million pounds on a Chelsea mansion for his girlfriend Dasha Zhukova, apparently forgot to take measures to stop neighbours from peering down and ogling at her in the magnificent property on...
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The under-fire Chelsea manager has endured a difficult first season in English football and his side are currently 17 points off the pace in the Premier League and in danger of not qualifying for next season's Champions League. It has been suggested...
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Villas-Boas has claimed that he has support from Roman Abramovich in his methods at Chelsea, but the manager has admitted his job would be made a little easier if the owner came out and publicly supported him. The Blues are currently just outside the...
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The dismissals in recent years of Luiz Felipe Scolari, Avram Grant and - above all - Carlo Ancelotti may have been harsh but this would fall into a new category because Villas-Boas arrived last summer with a specific mission upon which he has barely...
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Having just achieved his dream job of managing a big Portuguese side, he resigned after his requests for a contract extension were not granted. The Special One walked out of Stamford Bridge after losing the cold war with Roman Abramovich. After...
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Inter Milan and Paris Saint-Germain will be interested in signing the midfielder who wants more regular football clubs in a bid to secure a place in Brazil’s 2014 World Cup squad. Andre Villas-Boas’ future at Chelsea may be under scrutiny after a run of...
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Feb 21(ANI): Former Liverpool manager Rafa Benitez is a strong contender to become Chelsea manager until the end of the season if owner Roman Abramovich loses patience with Andre Villas Boas following Chelsea’s poor run. Villas-Boas will find himself in...
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Benitez who led Liverpool to Champions League success back in 2005 has been out of work since parting company with Italian side Inter Milan in December 2010. Reports this morning suggest, most noticeably from the Daily Mail, that Benitez is the current...
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Captain John Terry has been ruled out, while Didier Drogba is expected to lead the line with Fernando Torres failing to find the net in his last 20 games. Sir Alex Ferguson has revealed he plans to retire in "two or three years" - with the Manchester...
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It is little wonder then that Villas-Boas has worn a worried frown in the build-up to this first leg of their last-16 tie, despite his assertions to the contrary that he is already working on plans for next season. No matter how bad things have got for...
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“These words would be more valuable coming from the top to you guys, I know,” Villas-Boas added to his inquisitors. “I cannot keep saying them, but as the voice of the club, I will continue to perpetuate this
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Maybe he knew that at the back of the media room stood Chelsea chairman Bruce Buck and chief executive Ron Gourlay, both interested observers in what the young manager uttered.And maybe, from Villas-Boas, there was a message for them and for owner...
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After new owner Roman Abramovich embarked on a huge summer spending spree, the Blues' Italian manager Claudio Ranieri took his expensively assembled squad to Rome where they ran out 4-0 winners against a Lazio side that was later reduced to ten men. ...
About Roman Abramovich
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Roman Arkadyevich Abramovich (Russian: Рома́н Арка́дьевич Абрамо́вич, pronounced [rʌˈman ʌrˈkadʲɪvʲɪtʃ ʌbrɐˈmovʲɪtʃ]; (correct pronunciation in Russia actually calls for the stress to be on the third syllable, abram OR vich), born 24 October 1966, is a Russian businessman and the main owner of the private investment company Millhouse LLC. Full Article
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