ROMAN Abramovich, the Russian billionaire, has been taking soundings over selling Chelsea football club to Gulf Arabs.
Representatives of the oligarch have travelled to Saudi Arabia and Dubai to elicit interest in the club, Gulf sources have told The Sunday Times.
At least one of the meetings was with members of the Saudi royal family. There has been no evidence so far of a potential buyer.
The Middle East has become the cash cow for British football teams. Sheikh Mansour of Abu Dhabi, the owner of Manchester City, hopes to sign the Brazilian star Kaka from AC Milan in a deal that could cost up to £243m in payments and salary.
One source said: “Abramovich’s team have been out in the Middle East sounding out what interest there is in buying the club.” Chelsea insisted last night that Abramovich was still fully committed to the club on which he has lavished hundreds of millions of pounds. A Chelsea spokesman said it was “total nonsense” that the Russian was willing to sell the club.
He bought Chelsea for about £60m in 2003, taking over £80m in debts, and has since provided at least £500m in loans to buy new players. Sources say that if Abramovich can recoup his money, he might now be ready to sell after five years in which he turned Chelsea into a Champions League side that has twice won the English Premier League.
Chelsea reached their first Champions League final last season and Abramovich watched as they were beaten in a penalty shoot-out by Manchester United in Moscow in May. He was absent from last weekend’s 3-0 defeat by United, which many feel will pave the way for Chelsea’s rivals to win the Premier League for a third successive year.
Yesterday he left his seat at Stamford Bridge with 15 minutes of the game remaining with Chelsea losing 1-0 at home to lowly Stoke. It took two late goals to secure victory.
City sources believe it would cost at least £800m to buy out Abramovich when the “going rate” for a Champions League side is about £500m. Mansour was able to snap up Manchester City for about £200m.
Abramovich’s wealth has fallen sharply in the down-turn. Philip Beresford, who compiles The Sunday Times Rich List, conservatively estimates that Abramovich has lost £3 billion from his £11.7 billion fortune.
City experts question whether he may have a short-term problem with liquidity and needs cash. Some of Chelsea’s superstars are paid £120,000 a week.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/premier_league/chelsea/article5537222.ece
로만 실탄이 떨어질 정도면....... 생각만해도 끔찍하구만 ,,,,, 우리나라는 60년대로 돌아가나 ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
라이벌 등장으로 기죽은 로만..
이브라히모비치로 본건 나밖에 없나..?
나도 순간...ㅋㅋ
저도.. ㅋㅋㅋ 즐라탄이 첼시를판대서 놀램
순간 인테르가 첼시에게 즐라탄 판다는 줄 알았음 좋다 말았네..
로만이 다른 구단주 한테 팔아도 별 타격은 없지요... 로만 없이도 자립할수 있는 상태인데다가. 로만이 설상 매각하더라도. 다른 부호들 대기중일 것 같은데....
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거품이빠지는건 디플레이션인데
더프와 구드욘슨 다시와라 + _+
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더프 구디 도 좋지만 로벤횽!!!
첼시도 중동 캐사기 부자한테 팔렷으면좋겟ㄷ
삼성스폰서 이번시즌끝으로 끝나는데 연장안하곘죠?하면 손해볼듯 제가 알기로는 연장은 3년이상안돼는걸로 아는데..제바램은 PQR이 승격해서 스폰서 헀으면,유니폼도 블루계통이라,또한 연고지도 런던이고
PQR이 아니라요. QPR요 퀸스파크레인저스
PQR이 어느팀인가 한참생각햇네ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
QPR구단주 역시......엄청난 갑부죠....
삼성 연장할껄요...삼성과 첼시는 무한신뢰의 관계를 가지고 있다는
이거 찌라시에요. 케년이 인터뷰했습니다. 로만은 안 판다고요.
짜라시로 밝혀진것 같네요 .... 로만이 팔리가 없죠 ㅋㅋㅋㅋ 스토크전 봤으면 이런거 못하죠 ㅋㅋㅋ 로만도 감동 받았을듯
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첼시좀 가만히 나둬 ㅠㅠ
중동에 의해 지배되는건 별로다ㅡ.ㅡ
맨시 구단주가 너무 날뛰어서 전의를 상실한 모양이다ㅠ
로만횽 첼시에대한 사랑이 엄청나게 지극하신분이다...요즘 자꾸 중동갑부들이 축구판에 끼고 하니까 이런 찌라시 기사가 나오는거 같다...머 비지니스차 아랍쪽에는 가지도 못하겟내..;
별로 팔고싶어하진 않을듯.. 로만이 현재 영국문화에 빠져있는 것도 그렇고, 영국내에서 구단주라는 위치를 버리고싶진 않을탠데?
그럼....이제 아랍더비 형성 되는겅미?????
제발 안 팔았으면... 요즘 돈 안 쓰더라도 축구에 열정적인 구단주가 좋음
222222222우리 로만횽의 첼시사랑은 작살
222222222우리 로만횽의 첼시사랑은 작살
팔려도 쫌 로만같이 축구를미친사랑하고 돈쫌잇으신분이 샀으면...
첼시도 아라비안들에게 넘어가는 건가? 체흐 헬멧벗고 터번쓰는거 아냐?
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