One Year On From Expensive Blue Coup,Roman Plots the Next Leap Forward
Evening Standard - London › July 01, 2004
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AS SOMEONE who has accumulated almost Pounds 9billion, Roman Abramovich is obviously a canny speculator, but not all of his forecasts come off. A week after his Pounds 140million takeover of Chelsea on 1 July 2003, he predicted that everyone would forget who he was in three or four days, which just goes to prove that even Russian billionaires get things wrong.
Exactly one year on Abramovich remains the only show in town. His every movement and purchase, from midfielders to mansions, is scrutinised in minute detail in a manner usually reserved for members of the Royal Family.See the full content of this document
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One Year On From Expensive Blue Coup,Roman Plots the Next Leap Forward
The 37-year-old even made it to the top of The Sunday Times rich list: just as well, the cynics whispered, as it was the only thing he won all season.
The precise reasons why a publicity-shy businessman should invite such intrusion by buying a Premiership football club remain shrouded in...See the full content of this document
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