Vladimir Putin 'asked to get Chelsea place for Kazakh President's grandson' Vladimir Putin was asked to pressure Roman Abramovich to find a place on the Chelsea youth side for the grandson of Kazakhstan's President, the boy's estranged father has claimed. Rakhat Aliyev, who has been exiled from Kazakhstan since 2007, said that President Nursultan Nazarbayev contacted Putin, who was then Russia's president, to influence Mr Abramovich to favour Aisultan Nazarbayev. "I met with Abramovich in London for my son because he was interested in playing football for Chelsea," Mr Aliyev told the Daily Telegraph. - The Daily Telegraph This is............ Interesting!! :lol: