Concerned Fans Can Easily See What Becomes of the Broken Hearted

Evening Standard - London › September 26, 2007

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Concerned CHELSEA fans have been warned to expect a rough ride in the aftermath of Jose Mourinho's departure by a man who has learned the painful way about how autocratic Russian footballing owners move and meddle in mysterious ways.

Former Hearts chairman George Foulkes, now Baron Foulkes of Cumnock, was a casualty of the Russian revolution which saw Vladimir Romanov take over his beloved Edinburgh club three years ago and the Labour peer is now one of the Tynecastle faithful left exasperated by the owner's continued interference in team affairs.

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Concerned Fans Can Easily See What Becomes of the Broken Hearted

Hearing of Jose Mourinho's shock departure from Chelsea and his replacement by one of Roman Abranovich's unheralded pals Avram Grant, Foulkes was irresistibly reminded of ...

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