All this crap about us buying the league and whatever has run its course. Manure have been spending shed loads of money for years and they didnt get the same level of scrutiny we have. Liverpool, Man City, Spurs and now possibly Newcastle will be following in our footsteps at trying to break to dominace of Manure and the Arse of the Premiership.
We already had a decent side before Abramovich came to SB. The few years we had before his arrival saw us lift quite a few trophies which backs that up. You need money to be consistently successful. They know it and would give their left bollock to be in the position we're in. They can put whatever spin on it they like, but in reality we know its envy.
We've recently signed some of our most important players on long term contracts. Cech, Essien, Carvalho, Bridge and Lampard and Drogba are "due" to sign extended deals. Add JT, Ferreira, Bosingwa, Alex, Ash, Anelka, Kalou, Joe Cole, Deco and Ivanovic to the mix and you have a very good squad for the coming seasons. Ballack, Malouda, SWP and Shevchenko will only be around for another few years at best imo, so we only need a tweak here and there each season. So the money being lossed every season will gradually decrease.
The emergence of Di Santo this season also shows we're moving in the right direction to finally bring on the talent the academy is producing. Scolari has said so himself, he wishes to bring the reserve team players who he feels are capable of holding their own into the first team.
If the day comes when RA decides he's had enough, then hopefully by that time we'll be in the position to look after ourselves. But I'm sure if he does go that somone will come in who'll maybe not be as generous with his cash as RA was, but will help us on the steady route to long term success we are aiming for :thumbsup: