Roman Abramovich

...for the prominence they have now secured. "It's mainly the owners that asked us to do something: Roman Abramovich, [Milan's] Silvio Berlusconi, [Internazionale's] Massimo Moratti," Platini said. "They do not want to fork out any more.

In this article: Chelsea, Michel Platini, Manchester City, Champions League, Gianni Infantino, Real Madrid, Manchester United, and Premier League

...three places to fourth with 295.3 million euros. Chelsea, the U.K. club owned by the Russian oil billionaire Roman Abramovich, was fifth with 268.9 million euros in annual revenue. Arsenal and Liverpool, which also are in the English...

In this article: Revenue, Real Madrid, Manchester United, Deloitte & Touche, Olympique Lyonnais, VfB Stuttgart, Hamburger SV, Manchester City, Celtic, and Olympique de Marseille

...Jose Mourinho. Unlike Mourinho, Ancelotti is expected to spurn a home in London and settle in Oxshott near Chelsea's Cobham training ground, in a house owned by Abramovich and previously used as a weekend retreat by Mourinho. Italian sources...

In this article: Carlo Ancelotti, Peter Kenyon, Chelsea, Jose Mourinho, Milan, Frank Arnesen, Guus Hiddink, London, and La Stampa

...also admitted that, at times during an emotional season, he imagined he had already become the Chelsea manager and he added that Abramovich would have found his employment a mercy after the trials and tribulations of Jose Mourinho, or his...

In this article: Carlo Ancelotti, Chelsea, Milan, Champions League, Franck Ribery, Guus Hiddink, Jose Mourinho, Liverpool, and Xabi Alonso

...Maicon, although Real Madrid are also interested. If this is true and the deal indeed goes through at this price, it would take Roman Abramovich's spending on first-team right-backs alone to GBP57.5m, following the purchases of Jose...

In this article: Arsenal, Brede Hangeland, Glen Johnson, Carlos Tevez, Fulham, Cristiano Ronaldo, JavaScript, and Champions League

...in regular contact since Mourinho moved to Internazionale last summer. Yet relations between the club's most successful manager and Abramovich had deteriorated from the middle of the 2006-07 season when they clashed over transfer policy...

In this article: Jose Mourinho, John Terry, Claude Makelele, Michael Ballack, Didier Drogba, Avram Grant, and Allegation

...installation as Mancini's managerial successor. Galliani, though, said that Ancelotti had given him assurances that he had not met Abramovich at the Four Seasons hotel in the French capital. "I can confirm that he [Ancelotti] was in Paris...

In this article: Carlo Ancelotti, Chelsea, Milan, Paris, Guus Hiddink, Roberto Mancini, Champions League, and Luciano Spalletti