When billionaire Roman Abramovich purchased Chelsea F.C. in June 2003, the club had been mediocre at best. Notoriously transparent, Abramovich set his sights on winning the UEFA Champions League, the English Premier League, and the F.A. Cup. After a thriller on Saturday against Bayern Munich in the UEFA Champions League Final, he finally achieved greatness.
Pouring ridiculous amounts of money into Chelsea has payed off for the Russian tycoon. The surprising note is the club has come under immense scrutiny due to their poor league play this season. Chelsea even failed to finish in the top 4, meaning had they not won the final on Saturday, they would have failed to qualify for the Champions League next season.
Still, the youthful and energetic Abramovich is on top of the world. His next challenges will be hiring a permanent coach for the club and determining the fate of his aging stars, including Didier Drogba.
He's got more then just that to deal with. He has to deal with the 19 year old wonder child Romeu Lukaku that AVB benched all season who is very unhappy right now and a lot of their future was based on him. Torres is also very unhappy right now. The man has enough money to fix any problem...that can be fixed by money. He can't make space for 3 strikers in a one striker system. Eventually I think Drogba and Lukaku are out and Torres stays. But we will have to see.
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