January 23, 2013
The mixed blessings of foreign owners
Brian Glanville witnesses the ongoing struggles of Chelsea's Fernando Torres and wonders whether the influence of club owner, Roman Abramovich, is undermining the striker's confidence.
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January 23, 2013
Brian Glanville witnesses the ongoing struggles of Chelsea's Fernando Torres and wonders whether the influence of club owner, Roman Abramovich, is undermining the striker's confidence.
January 17, 2013
The Frank Lampard affair which seems all too likely to spill over into the John Terry and Ashley Cole contretemps brings into focus again the whole complex matter of age. Who is too old and…
December 5, 2012
Crisis at Chelsea? Send for Avram Grant! Who seems to be seen by the dominant, demanding club owner oligarch Roman Abramovich as a kind of magic talisman.
November 27, 2012
Managers continue to come and go at Chelsea and for all the silverware Roman Abramovich's largesse has brought to the club, they continue to lurch from one crisis to another.
November 20, 2012
All too sadly predictable. No John Terry in a vulnerable Chelsea defence. No Didier Drogba up front in a flimsy lightweight attack. When Fernando Torres finally came on it was like running up the white…
September 25, 2012
The day after Chelsea had surrendered their 2-0 lead at The Bridge to Juventus, their billionaire owner Roman Abramovich paid a rare visit to the training ground...
May 22, 2012
Over Chelsea’s dramatic if somewhat hazardous triumph in Munich hung a couple of clouds. Each the result of clumsy and misguided administration.
March 9, 2012
Farewell Andre Villas-Boas, another victim of Roman Abramovich's desire for instant and absolute success.