*he has been a fantastic owner of Chelsea football club though
comment by Busby (U19985)
posted 32 seconds ago
I’m go at her hasn’t left Chelsea in the state he could have by writing off the debt, and the foundation is a nice gesture, but let’s not kid ourselves here, the man helped get Putin appointed as president and he is trying to avoid being sanctioned.
He’s selling all of his British assets, stocks and all, this isn’t out of the kindness of his heart, he is trying to paint a pretty picture.
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I’m glad he hasn’t
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comment by Busby (U19985)
posted 38 minutes ago
*he has been a fantastic owner of Chelsea football club though
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I wish our ownership had the same passion for Utd!
comment by Devil (U6522)
posted 13 hours, 47 minutes ago
he's been the best owner of a football club in world football, bar none.
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Extremely hard to argue against that.
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Plenty will give it a shot....the bitters on here
Actually he might find it more palatable to write off 1.5b than say £500m in a perverse way.
Much of the money came to him in (lets say nafariuos ways) we all know it,but he's had a great run, & the philanthropist in him has stepped up
Can only applaud that in principle
It's been a pleasure & and a real ride, let's hope we can get the sale done as amicably & seamlessly as possible.
I'll tell you what is unpalatable...Levy's & ENIC's continued hold on Spurs....for Spurs fans....hope it lasts...
Here's Captain Bitter...
https://www.ja606.co.uk/articles/viewArticle/442926
Poor old Sandy, he must spend all his time sucking lemons !
comment by Devil (U6522)
posted 14 hours, 59 minutes ago
comment by Assassin Baby - (U1282)
posted 14 seconds ago
comment by Devil (U6522)
posted 2 minutes ago
People can say what they want about this guy, and a lot of it will probably be true, but I've said it for years - he cares about Chelsea F.C.
It's amazing (and a little sad) how someone like him has set the standard for what football club ownership should be about in terms of intentions. You NEED to see it like he does. It's not a business, it's a passion!
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Its a ridicuous standard and not a good thing for the league.
Football clubs cannot be allowed to believe that their ownership should pump 1 or 2 billion into the club in order to be good owners.
Such input from wealthy owners has its repercussions on the league and is basically slowly destroying football.
Football clubs should have relied on an equitable system of distributing prize money and a club's own income.
Good owners are those who make a club successful while relying on its own income, not billionaires pumping ill gained profits into the club, surely.
Getting bankrolled by a billionaire is like the worst thing for football in general.
I hope not many clubs go down that route as its not a good example to follow IMO.
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You kinda missed the point of what I was saying, though I see how you might of. It's simply about seeing the club like a passion, through the same lens that the fans do.
It's not necessarily about the money he's pumped in (giving assurances it won't be called in is the real gesture there), it's the fact whether I or other fans agreed with tons of decisions he's made over the years they've always been what he's felt would make the club stronger on the pitch! Not in the bank accounts, on the pitch!
It's ironic to me. People have said we haven't had a soul for years because of Abramovich, yet in him we've had one of the only owners who's actually given two f's
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Oh come on...the guy can afford to write-off the 1.5bn debt he is owed...when you are in that privileged position, decisions made in the interests of 'on the pitch' and not the bank balance are easy. Its like Sandy winning £5m on the lottery and deciding not to accept the Winter Heating Allowance he is entitled to. An easy decision not made in the interests of his bank balance
Spurs fans bitter when Roman joined.
Even more bitter now he has for bored of Chelsea
Spurs fans think all clubs should be owned by tax dodging leaches like theirs
https://www.football.london/chelsea-fc/news/andriy-shevchenkos-view-roman-abramovich-20962158.amp
comment by 🇺🇦 Boris 'Inky' Gibson 🇺�... (U5901)
posted 14 hours, 53 minutes ago
United would hold Malcolm Glazer in the same esteem if they'd won as much as Chelsea over the last decade.
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This.
And don't forget British, American white billionaires make their money honestly unlike those dodgy Arabs and Ruskies
comment by CFC: Quad stoppers (U20729)
posted 35 minutes ago
comment by 🇺🇦 Boris 'Inky' Gibson 🇺�... (U5901)
posted 14 hours, 53 minutes ago
United would hold Malcolm Glazer in the same esteem if they'd won as much as Chelsea over the last decade.
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This.
And don't forget British, American white billionaires make their money honestly unlike those dodgy Arabs and Ruskies
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This is what the PL deserves. We invited this in our pursuit of greed. Reap what you sow.
comment by Ole dirty Baztard - penited and penandes (U19119)
posted 45 minutes ago
comment by CFC: Quad stoppers (U20729)
posted 35 minutes ago
comment by 🇺🇦 Boris 'Inky' Gibson 🇺�... (U5901)
posted 14 hours, 53 minutes ago
United would hold Malcolm Glazer in the same esteem if they'd won as much as Chelsea over the last decade.
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This.
And don't forget British, American white billionaires make their money honestly unlike those dodgy Arabs and Ruskies
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This is what the PL deserves. We invited this in our pursuit of greed. Reap what you sow.
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Greed meaning success, right?
comment by 🇺🇦 Boris 'Inky' Gibson 🇺�... (U5901)
posted 3 hours, 21 minutes ago
Spurs fans think all clubs should be owned by tax dodging leaches like theirs
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Yes, British billionaires are white are snow
Oh come on...the guy can afford to write-off the 1.5bn debt he is owed...when you are in that privileged position, decisions made in the interests of 'on the pitch' and not the bank balance are easy. Its like Sandy winning £5m on the lottery and deciding not to accept the Winter Heating Allowance he is entitled to. An easy decision not made in the interests of his bank balance
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It's almost 15% of his net wealth, so the heating allowance analogy's a little off, it's not quite that insignificant. He has the capability to write it off but a cerebral businessmen, which the PL is infested with these days, just wouldn't.
The fact that once we managed to break even we've never really plutoed to making a consistent profit as a business & even suffered losses every few years reflects the intentions of Abramovich. Most owners wouldn't need that profit in the bank, they'd want it so they could claim dividends & all these different things - but owning a football club shouldn't be like that, it's not just a business! Possibly a bit melodramatic but you need to see a football club like a member of your family, anything they need if it's within the clubs (or your) financial capability just get it, and he did that over & over again
Farhad Moshiri's another great example of this mindset, the one you should have. Not granted it's not gone quite as well as Abramovich & Chelsea, but he's trying & if I was an Everton fan I'd appreciate that even if I thought he wasn't doing a good job. You need to think like that, there's no other way. IMO.
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/chelsea-sale-hits-snag-over-fears-roman-abramovich-wants-1-6bn-loan-repaid-sxjn5h8d7
Roman wants his loan back? 🤔
Is that a snag? It seems like that would've been part of the deal all along. It's on the books as shareholder equity isn't it?
I might be wrong there, but I don't see how the club is worth 3-4bn unless you're including that.
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posted on 2/3/22
*he has been a fantastic owner of Chelsea football club though
posted on 2/3/22
comment by Busby (U19985)
posted 32 seconds ago
I’m go at her hasn’t left Chelsea in the state he could have by writing off the debt, and the foundation is a nice gesture, but let’s not kid ourselves here, the man helped get Putin appointed as president and he is trying to avoid being sanctioned.
He’s selling all of his British assets, stocks and all, this isn’t out of the kindness of his heart, he is trying to paint a pretty picture.
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I’m glad he hasn’t
posted on 2/3/22
Comment deleted by Site Moderator
posted on 2/3/22
comment by Busby (U19985)
posted 38 minutes ago
*he has been a fantastic owner of Chelsea football club though
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I wish our ownership had the same passion for Utd!
posted on 3/3/22
comment by Devil (U6522)
posted 13 hours, 47 minutes ago
he's been the best owner of a football club in world football, bar none.
--------------------------------------------------------
Extremely hard to argue against that.
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Plenty will give it a shot....the bitters on here
posted on 3/3/22
Actually he might find it more palatable to write off 1.5b than say £500m in a perverse way.
Much of the money came to him in (lets say nafariuos ways) we all know it,but he's had a great run, & the philanthropist in him has stepped up
Can only applaud that in principle
It's been a pleasure & and a real ride, let's hope we can get the sale done as amicably & seamlessly as possible.
posted on 3/3/22
I'll tell you what is unpalatable...Levy's & ENIC's continued hold on Spurs....for Spurs fans....hope it lasts...
posted on 3/3/22
Here's Captain Bitter...
https://www.ja606.co.uk/articles/viewArticle/442926
posted on 3/3/22
Lol he’s so bad
posted on 3/3/22
Poor old Sandy, he must spend all his time sucking lemons !
posted on 3/3/22
comment by Devil (U6522)
posted 14 hours, 59 minutes ago
comment by Assassin Baby - (U1282)
posted 14 seconds ago
comment by Devil (U6522)
posted 2 minutes ago
People can say what they want about this guy, and a lot of it will probably be true, but I've said it for years - he cares about Chelsea F.C.
It's amazing (and a little sad) how someone like him has set the standard for what football club ownership should be about in terms of intentions. You NEED to see it like he does. It's not a business, it's a passion!
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Its a ridicuous standard and not a good thing for the league.
Football clubs cannot be allowed to believe that their ownership should pump 1 or 2 billion into the club in order to be good owners.
Such input from wealthy owners has its repercussions on the league and is basically slowly destroying football.
Football clubs should have relied on an equitable system of distributing prize money and a club's own income.
Good owners are those who make a club successful while relying on its own income, not billionaires pumping ill gained profits into the club, surely.
Getting bankrolled by a billionaire is like the worst thing for football in general.
I hope not many clubs go down that route as its not a good example to follow IMO.
------------------------------------------------------------
You kinda missed the point of what I was saying, though I see how you might of. It's simply about seeing the club like a passion, through the same lens that the fans do.
It's not necessarily about the money he's pumped in (giving assurances it won't be called in is the real gesture there), it's the fact whether I or other fans agreed with tons of decisions he's made over the years they've always been what he's felt would make the club stronger on the pitch! Not in the bank accounts, on the pitch!
It's ironic to me. People have said we haven't had a soul for years because of Abramovich, yet in him we've had one of the only owners who's actually given two f's
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Oh come on...the guy can afford to write-off the 1.5bn debt he is owed...when you are in that privileged position, decisions made in the interests of 'on the pitch' and not the bank balance are easy. Its like Sandy winning £5m on the lottery and deciding not to accept the Winter Heating Allowance he is entitled to. An easy decision not made in the interests of his bank balance
posted on 3/3/22
Spurs fans bitter when Roman joined.
Even more bitter now he has for bored of Chelsea
posted on 3/3/22
Spurs fans think all clubs should be owned by tax dodging leaches like theirs
posted on 3/3/22
https://www.football.london/chelsea-fc/news/andriy-shevchenkos-view-roman-abramovich-20962158.amp
posted on 3/3/22
comment by 🇺🇦 Boris 'Inky' Gibson 🇺�... (U5901)
posted 14 hours, 53 minutes ago
United would hold Malcolm Glazer in the same esteem if they'd won as much as Chelsea over the last decade.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
This.
And don't forget British, American white billionaires make their money honestly unlike those dodgy Arabs and Ruskies
posted on 3/3/22
comment by CFC: Quad stoppers (U20729)
posted 35 minutes ago
comment by 🇺🇦 Boris 'Inky' Gibson 🇺�... (U5901)
posted 14 hours, 53 minutes ago
United would hold Malcolm Glazer in the same esteem if they'd won as much as Chelsea over the last decade.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
This.
And don't forget British, American white billionaires make their money honestly unlike those dodgy Arabs and Ruskies
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This is what the PL deserves. We invited this in our pursuit of greed. Reap what you sow.
posted on 3/3/22
comment by Ole dirty Baztard - penited and penandes (U19119)
posted 45 minutes ago
comment by CFC: Quad stoppers (U20729)
posted 35 minutes ago
comment by 🇺🇦 Boris 'Inky' Gibson 🇺�... (U5901)
posted 14 hours, 53 minutes ago
United would hold Malcolm Glazer in the same esteem if they'd won as much as Chelsea over the last decade.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
This.
And don't forget British, American white billionaires make their money honestly unlike those dodgy Arabs and Ruskies
----------------------------------------------------------------------
This is what the PL deserves. We invited this in our pursuit of greed. Reap what you sow.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Greed meaning success, right?
posted on 3/3/22
comment by 🇺🇦 Boris 'Inky' Gibson 🇺�... (U5901)
posted 3 hours, 21 minutes ago
Spurs fans think all clubs should be owned by tax dodging leaches like theirs
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Yes, British billionaires are white are snow
posted on 3/3/22
Oh come on...the guy can afford to write-off the 1.5bn debt he is owed...when you are in that privileged position, decisions made in the interests of 'on the pitch' and not the bank balance are easy. Its like Sandy winning £5m on the lottery and deciding not to accept the Winter Heating Allowance he is entitled to. An easy decision not made in the interests of his bank balance
----------------------------------------------------------
It's almost 15% of his net wealth, so the heating allowance analogy's a little off, it's not quite that insignificant. He has the capability to write it off but a cerebral businessmen, which the PL is infested with these days, just wouldn't.
The fact that once we managed to break even we've never really plutoed to making a consistent profit as a business & even suffered losses every few years reflects the intentions of Abramovich. Most owners wouldn't need that profit in the bank, they'd want it so they could claim dividends & all these different things - but owning a football club shouldn't be like that, it's not just a business! Possibly a bit melodramatic but you need to see a football club like a member of your family, anything they need if it's within the clubs (or your) financial capability just get it, and he did that over & over again
posted on 3/3/22
Farhad Moshiri's another great example of this mindset, the one you should have. Not granted it's not gone quite as well as Abramovich & Chelsea, but he's trying & if I was an Everton fan I'd appreciate that even if I thought he wasn't doing a good job. You need to think like that, there's no other way. IMO.
posted on 3/5/22
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/chelsea-sale-hits-snag-over-fears-roman-abramovich-wants-1-6bn-loan-repaid-sxjn5h8d7
Roman wants his loan back? 🤔
posted on 3/5/22
Is that a snag? It seems like that would've been part of the deal all along. It's on the books as shareholder equity isn't it?
I might be wrong there, but I don't see how the club is worth 3-4bn unless you're including that.
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