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Cooldude said:
Ah the Russians, they sure know how to make people die of natural causes
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Abramovich's Wikipedia page is quality reading, he's basically just a gangster who's been allowed to pull off some extremely profitable albeit morally questionable business by an extremely corrupt Russian government after the breakup of the Soviet Union. Here are some excerpts:

In 1995, Abramovich and Berezovsky acquired a controlling interest in the giant Soviet oil company Sibneft. Affiliates of Abramovich, with affiliates of Boris Berezovsky, purchased Sibneft for US$100.3 million (the company was worth US$2.7 billion at that time). Sibneft produces around US$3 billion worth of oil annually.[20] Abramovich established several fly-by-night firms and together with his friend Boris Berezovsky used them to acquire the stock of Sibneft. As a result, the tycoon managed to pay for the company 25 times less than the market price.[20] Bought for a total of US$200 million, Sibneft is now worth seventy five times as much.[21]

The Times claimed that he was assisted by Badri Patarkatsishvili.[22] This acquisition was under the controversial loans-for-shares programme initiated by President Boris Yeltsin.[23][24][25] After Sibneft, Abramovich's next target was the aluminium industry. After privatisation the 'aluminium wars' led to murders of smelting plant managers, metals traders and journalists as groups battled for control of the industry. Abramovich famously emerged as the winner of the aluminium wars.[22] The Times stated that in a BBC investigation into Abramovich's wealth, reporter John Sweeney noted that, after the oligarch (Abramovich) emerged at the top of the trade, the murders stopped.[26]
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In 2012 Berezovsky took Abramovich to court for several billion pounds over the ownership of Sibneft, claiming that in the early 2000's Abramovich had threatened him and forced him to sell his stake in the company against his will.

In an entirely unrelated turn of events Berezovsky was found dead in his Berkshire house a few months later having apparently hung himself.
 
Jatz said:
It would still hurt though, surely?

It would leave me with a sour taste, that's for sure.
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Not me for.

Sadly his career is petering out and he's not good enough nowadays for a squad spot at Chelsea. It's was time to move on, if City think they can get something out of him fair enough.
 
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ADL9798 said:
Abramovich's Wikipedia page is quality reading, he's basically just a gangster who's been allowed to pull off some extremely profitable albeit morally questionable business by an extremely corrupt Russian government after the breakup of the Soviet Union. Here are some excerpts:



In 2012 Berezovsky took Abramovich to court for several billion pounds over the ownership of Sibneft, claiming that in the early 2000's Abramovich had threatened him and forced him to sell his stake in the company against his will.

In an entirely unrelated turn of events Berezovsky was found dead in his Berkshire house a few months later having apparently hung himself.
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Hahaha seriously? So Abramovich is like the Vladimir Putin of big oil business
 
it'll be a sort of coaching/mentoring thing for our younger guys

with some of the guys in our first team, now adding lampard, if you can't pick up a few things then you don't deserve to be a footballer.

he'll make a few sub appearances, a couple of cup games, maybe a cl game depending on our draw. it's a fitness thing.
 
NFGKizza said:
it'll be a sort of coaching/mentoring thing for our younger guys

with some of the guys in our first team, now adding lampard, if you can't pick up a few things then you don't deserve to be a footballer.

he'll make a few sub appearances, a couple of cup games, maybe a cl game depending on our draw. it's a fitness thing.
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That's basically what I said ;)
 
FAITH said:
how many managers since abram took over you can't tell me that's loyalty?
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Is it that freaking hard to not write in txt talk?

Sorry, but please?
 

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SuperCats9 said:
LVG says we may not sign anymore players.
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He be trolling. He doesn't come out and say he has a broken squad and not add to it. He isn't stupid.
 
FAITH said:
i said it before but very hard if your not in ucl to attract top players, no matter what your history.
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History suggests having UCL won't matter.

Chelsea, PSG, City and Monaco didn't had a problem and nor will we.
 
pantskyle said:
History suggests having UCL won't matter.

Chelsea, PSG, City and Monaco didn't had a problem and nor will we.
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Well having CL was one of the reasons Abramovich bought them that time, and they've had CL since then

The others yeah fair, though that's because money means more than CL

Which is why players will always go to Man Utd if they pay up, and they can pay up coz they are rich
 
Cooldude said:
Well having CL was one of the reasons Abramovich bought them that time, and they've had CL since then

The others yeah fair, though that's because money means more than CL

Which is why players will always go to Man Utd if they pay up, and they can pay up coz they are rich
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Exactly. Money talks.
 
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