Roman Abramovich Thread

[Blues Forever 1,232]

Their vision is to turn Chelsea into a more sustainable club and not run it as a toy, with Abramovich having previously not worried about losing money on his initial investment.

Edited March 4, 2022 by Blues Forever

[Pizy 18,847]

The club acting more like a Liverpool or a Dortmund or even a Bayern in the transfer market may actually be a good thing. Identifying and signing players who are not hugely expensive but can be turned into superstars with great coaching. Every once in a while you make a huge money signing when needed. Look for top players who are either out of contract or have only a year left. A model that Bayern and Juventus have used for years.

It’s imperative that Tuchel is satisfied and stays for the next couple of years at least during this transition.

[Vesper 30,080]

59 minutes ago, Blues Forever said:

 

I fail to see how Loutfy Jr (his grandfather, also named Loutfy, the founder, died in 1976) even has the money to buy us.

The richest Mansour in that firm 'only' has around £1.8 billion (Mohamed Mansour, Loutfy Jr's father)

https://www.forbes.com/profile/mohamed-mansour/?sh=573a78744b37

the entire family (multiple members, at least 5 or 6 major people) is worth around £4.5 billion

[Superblue 6,372]

1 hour ago, Blues Forever said:

Their vision is to turn Chelsea into a more sustainable club and not run it as a toy, with Abramovich having previously not worried about losing money on his initial investment.

I have no issue with becoming more sustainable. 

One of the biggest things we've benefitted from under Roman is the ability to quickly and efficiently cover up a mistake whether it's a managerial appointment or transfer.

Aiming to be more sustainable should focus the minds for longer term strategy particularly in the scouting of players, and although we may ultimately spend less we should be aiming to be far more efficient in the transfer market.

Take last summer as an example - would we be really in any worse position now if we'd not bought in Lukaku and Saul and instead retained Broja and Gallagher? Hindsight is a beautiful thing and I suppose both the latter have progressed and developed as a result of regular football and their loan spells but even then could we have found an alternative to Lukaku which would have been cheaper but maybe needed time and patience as opposed to what was seen as a 'ready made' transfer.

The same goes for the links in the summer to Tchouameni. Then there was talk of £25-30m. Now it's looking 2 or 3 times that figure. Under Roman, that is less of an issue if it has meant we're now more sure about a player even if the price has increased. Under a different structure we might have taken him last summer if the scouting had identified he was likely to become a potential future superstar.

[MoroccanBlue 5,375]

47 minutes ago, Superblue_1986 said:

I have no issue with becoming more sustainable. 

One of the biggest things we've benefitted from under Roman is the ability to quickly and efficiently cover up a mistake whether it's a managerial appointment or transfer.

Aiming to be more sustainable should focus the minds for longer term strategy particularly in the scouting of players, and although we may ultimately spend less we should be aiming to be far more efficient in the transfer market.

Take last summer as an example - would we be really in any worse position now if we'd not bought in Lukaku and Saul and instead retained Broja and Gallagher? Hindsight is a beautiful thing and I suppose both the latter have progressed and developed as a result of regular football and their loan spells but even then could we have found an alternative to Lukaku which would have been cheaper but maybe needed time and patience as opposed to what was seen as a 'ready made' transfer.

The same goes for the links in the summer to Tchouameni. Then there was talk of £25-30m. Now it's looking 2 or 3 times that figure. Under Roman, that is less of an issue if it has meant we're now more sure about a player even if the price has increased. Under a different structure we might have taken him last summer if the scouting had identified he was likely to become a potential future superstar.

We need a technical director for sure now. These owners don't know football. 

[ZAPHOD2319 4,798]

12 minutes ago, MoroccanBlue said:

We need a technical director for sure now. These owners don't know football. 

I don't know about Wyss, but at least Boehly has an interest. He has attempted to buy the Sparks (women's professional team) and Chelsea. I hope they can convince Maria to stay for at least the transition.

[Superblue 6,372]

Anyone know much about this man? Apparently he's worth in the region of $11bn.

[Fernando 6,585]

From Russia to Turkey? 

We will soon need to sell again since Turkey is also looking to invade in the future. lol

[King Kante 1,643]

4 hours ago, Blues Forever said:

Their vision is to turn Chelsea into a more sustainable club and not run it as a toy, with Abramovich having previously not worried about losing money on his initial investment.

Boehly is the owner of the Lakers and Dodgers isn't he? That bloke is an absolute Glamour whore. If he is the major owner, he would try and get Mbappe or something, but probably at the cost of the rest of the squad. 

[NikkiCFC 8,286]

This Turkish guy gives me hope that this could be just transitional move until Roman comes back in a couple of years. Wouldn't be surprised if Roman is looking for a new owner like that. No chance that would happened with these American billionaires. 

[Blues Forever 1,232]

7 minutes ago, King Kante said:

Boehly is the owner of the Lakers and Dodgers isn't he? That bloke is an absolute Glamour whore. If he is the major owner, he would try and get Mbappe or something, but probably at the cost of the rest of the squad. 

He is only a minority owners on both Lakers and Dodgers.

[OhForAGreavsie 6,057]

8 hours ago, Superblue_1986 said:

That is one of the things you'd expect to be given full respect at least by American owners given the success and popularity over their own women's football team.

And yet the Glaziers had to have their arms very severely twisted to persuade them to restart United's women's team. Even then the support was shoddy and they lost one of the WSL's best coaches as a result.

[Blues Forever 1,232]

1 hour ago, Superblue_1986 said:

Anyone know much about this man? Apparently he's worth in the region of $11bn.

Seems like an attention seeker, his background also hard to find on google.

[Superblue 6,372]

1 minute ago, OhForAGreavsie said:

And yet the Glaziers had to have their arms very severely twisted to persuade them to restart United's women's team. Even then the support was shoddy and they lost one of the WSL's best coaches as a result.

That's true. Were United women's team disbanded pre Glazer?

I would be very surprised to see anyone tamper with either of the academy or women's team as they are staple parts of the club but I guess anything is possible at present.

[OhForAGreavsie 6,057]

33 minutes ago, Hermione said:

UK wants to ban Russian players from Wimbledon, England really is run by despicable humans.

The government don't actually want to do anything to damage those Russians who fund them. They just want to do things which will hit the headlines and make it look like they are doing something. Hence they announce the legislation needed to act against the wealth of Putin's oligarchs will take 18 months to get through Parliament and, when the opposition offered to cooperate to see that the legislation gets passed in a few days they refused..

[OhForAGreavsie 6,057]

11 minutes ago, Superblue_1986 said:

That's true. Were United women's team disbanded pre Glazer?

No. One of the first things he did.

[Blues Forever 1,232]

9 minutes ago, Hermione said:

Good means he has pride to prove something to himself and Turkey if we slide to mediocrity it will be a blow for his pride.

Not sure he has any pride, just an attention seeker to me.

 

[Fulham Broadway 17,299]

Conor McGregor has offered 1.5bn for the club. He's a Man u fan. 

This is turning into a macabre circus nightmare....