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Would Chelsea have ever won a PL without Abramovic?

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,836 ✭✭✭Vokes


    kleefarr wrote: »
    Quite likely in my opinion.

    Just check the progression under C. Ranieri to seconded position in the league before they kicked him out and got J. Mourhino.
    Raineri only got 2nd spot after spending £100mil of Abramovics money. No way was he ever gonna come close to winning the league without it.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,096 ✭✭✭An Citeog


    no Randy lerner would not fit into that category, Shinatwra has blood on his hands, Abramovich made his fortune in murky/dubious circumstances in the mid 1990s, the Glazers and Hicks/Gillette sent their clubs into enormous debt by putting the debt they incurred in buying the clubs onto the clubs.

    Do keep up gentlemen.:rolleyes:

    *Edit* they give the PL a bad name not because they are foreign like i think you assume i did, but dishonest/unethical business practices and ordering peoples deaths give the PL a bad name.

    Whatever about Shinawatra and Abramovich, the American's motives seem to be one in the same. The only difference is that Lerner got a seriously undervalued club for £63million. In the grand scheme of things, that's not really a huge amount and is something he can afford to take a punt on. Be under no illusions though, he's expecting a return on his money.

    The difference between that and G&H and the Glaziers is that their takeovers involved far more money and it simply wasn't possible (/efficient) to finance them through equity alone. Equity capital is more expensive than debt, so that's why it's inefficient.

    That said, as a United fan, I'm nowhere near happy with the debt/equity ratio at the club, especially with the volatility of income in the industry.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 30,746 ✭✭✭✭Galvasean


    I seriously doubt they would have one the league without Abramovich's money. Just look at the spending spree since he took over.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,625 ✭✭✭✭BaZmO*


    Most definitely not around the time that they did or in the immediate future.
    You have to remember that Chelsea's second string team was good enough to win the PL. And that was purely down to the amount of money they spent.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 6,478 ✭✭✭Bubs101


    Not a hope. Not only would we not have been able to sign the players we did but Mourinho wouldn't have transformed Cole into a good player and we would have lost a few of our good ones to find some money


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,099 ✭✭✭✭WhiteWashMan


    i dont think so.
    as someone pointed out, they were ever so inconsistant before murinho.
    and the addition of players like drogba, robben (for one amazing season anyway) and essien, its completely transformed the team.

    lets face it, when you have a team that can put michael ballack on the sideline, you have to feel the wealth of talent on the chelsea pay list should really be winning every single game they play.
    oh, hold on, they got rid of their good manager, didnt they!


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