Milan 17,959 Posted September 21, 2011 Share Posted September 21, 2011 Buck offers Abramovich insightskysports.comChelsea chairman Bruce Buck has described Roman Abramovich as a private person who has great passion for football and tremendous knowledge of the game.Russian billionaire Abramovich became Chelsea owner in 2003 and it is his financial backing that has helped establish the club as one of the most powerful in the world.He does not attend games as often these days since the birth of his sixth child in 2009, but Buck maintains that his hunger for the game remains as strong as ever."I would say that his passion for Chelsea has increased not decreased. His passion for football has increased, not decreased," Buck said in an interview for upcoming book There's a Golden Sky, extracts of which have been published in the Daily Telegraph."His knowlege of football has increased exponentially. I'm not talking about what goes at the megastore, I'm talking about football. It would be pretty hard to name a current footballer that he couldn't give you statistics for."He doesn't miss a game in the sense that wherever he is in the world he watches the Chelsea game. He calls Eugene Tenenbaum [trusted club director and associate] or whoever after the game and they talk about it. He is very much on top of things."Buck is one of Abramovich's closest allies and recalls the moment the Russian first considered buying a club, hiring investment bank UBS Warburg to write a feasibility study, which listed a number of possible options. Notoriety"It said that Manchester United would be expensive and the fans would go crazy. Aston Villa was for sale but was in Birmingham and the long-term opportunities were limited," he explained."Tottenham was on the list along with Chelsea. They were in London; they were in financial trouble. Roman's advisers tried to arrange meetings with Tottenham and Chelsea but for whatever reason, they couldn't set up a meeting with Tottenham, or Tottenham didn't want to meet."Buck admits that Abramovich had not expected to be at the centre of so much media scrutiny when he first became involved in English football.He said: "We thought, 'Yeah, it will be a decent story for a couple of weeks and then Roman will go back and have his private life.' Because he is a very private guy. He clearly didn't do things for the notoriety or publicity because that is not him."Chelsea have been usurped in the big-spending stakes over the past few years by Manchester City and theirowner Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed al Nahyan, but Buck has no problem with that."That's why we aren't complaining about some of the things City are doing," he said. "We started it after all but, having said that, it is a free world."Obviously what we have done has not pleased the fans of West Ham or Manchester United, but they sure have pleased the fans at Chelsea."Quite interesting quotes about the situation that led to the sale. And I really like those last sentences - it is good we accept that fact we behaved similarly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ollie 4,400 Posted September 21, 2011 Share Posted September 21, 2011 Reading that and the Desailly piece, i feel a lot better about the future of our club and more positive. I also get the feeling Andre will be here for the long haul, i mean he woulda known Roman when he was here with Jose so he wouldn't come back if he knew he'd be treated like a cunt. Andre really does seem to have things under his control too. I'm very happy with our current situation and i do trust our Russian to get it right eventually to how he wants it. Our last few managers obviously just werent for him so i suppose it's best to get rid if he's not happy. I believe AVB is the man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fulham Broadway 17,333 Posted September 21, 2011 Share Posted September 21, 2011 Buck offers Abramovich insightskysports.comSeems to say more about Buck than Abramovich. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warnie_666 1,081 Posted September 21, 2011 Share Posted September 21, 2011 Only hypocrites will cry out against City, Malaga, PSG, Anzi and whatever new teams in the world wants to do the same like Chelsea!club.Not that I am complaining but the different between Chelsea and those wannabe teams is that we were a Champions League team even before Roman bought us while these wannabe Chelsea teams have been in the bottom pile Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warnie_666 1,081 Posted September 21, 2011 Share Posted September 21, 2011 Agreed. But we would be like Spurs if it wasn't for Roman moneys.....Probably worse. Could have done a Leeds as we were almost bankrupt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post! termninja 5,290 Posted May 23, 2012 Popular Post! Share Posted May 23, 2012 A thread devoted to the coolest Russian in the world who has done so much for us. He has done something unique in the world of football and has given it a new force. What he has done was not something popular, but it worked and he made all Chelsea fans happy. Big thanks gaffer! And a small inside story you never heard of. I know a certain manager here in Serbia who knows a few people who know Mateja Kezman. He told me that Mateja said that he was really impressed with Roman when he met him. He said that he never met someone so powerful, yet so much down to earth and relaxed. He also said that you would never see him wearing some ultra crazy expensive clothes, he is always acting casual and normal. ZOS, NishC300, Fhaarkas and 10 others 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanicus 5,208 Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 I thought I'm the coolest Russian. Lond live Roman! :cfc: capriccioso 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superblue 6,372 Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 Is he wearing the same clothes on the bus parade as he was the night before during the final?What a fucking legend! I know we all get frustrated with the number of managers sometimes but look what we've won. Compare that to arsenal who've won fuck all and i know which i'd rather! Kezza, manpe and OneMoSalah 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post! J.F. 1,484 Posted May 23, 2012 Popular Post! Share Posted May 23, 2012 OneMoSalah, francozola, CHOULO19 and 6 others 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post! ZanSnake 1,211 Posted May 23, 2012 Popular Post! Share Posted May 23, 2012 He looks like Wolverine in that picture francozola, nachikethas, Blue Armour and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capriccioso 2,545 Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 Best owner in the world, except Di Laurentiis at Napoli. We have truly been spoilt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xPetrCechx 13,573 Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 Best owner in the world, except Di Laurentiis at Napoli. We have truly been spoilt.Y ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.F. 1,484 Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 Cappo di tutti capi. capriccioso 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capriccioso 2,545 Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 Y ?8 years ago, SSC Napoli were in the Serie C. Now look at them. That transformation is bigger than what Roman has done with us, in 7 years he got the team promoted twice and qualify for the Champions League knockout stages.. Also, he didn't have the benefit of having hundreds of millions to spend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bir_CFC 3,455 Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 I love Roman, he is a BAWSE!! But Vladimir Putin is the coolest Russian alive. Melanicus 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capriccioso 2,545 Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 I think the greatest thing about him, what sets him apart from other tycoon owners (except that Jack Walker? bloke at Blackburn in the 1990s) is that he genuinely cares about the club. Most of us have at some point disagreed with his decisions but in hindsight, aside from the Mourinho/Grant/Shevchenko affair, they all make sense.Off topic:When it comes to cool Russians, a certain Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov lol's at this thread./Off topic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jusek 2,031 Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 I love his passion to this club. Always nice to see him celebrating our goals. BleedsBlue 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kezza 1,965 Posted May 24, 2012 Share Posted May 24, 2012 Any russian with the name Vladimir is cool!Expection of RA.My project management lecturer is named Vladimir. Hes awesome.Is it racist or ingnorant that when he opened his mouth I assumed his name is Vladimir? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blue_swaggin_96 96 Posted May 24, 2012 Share Posted May 24, 2012 We love Roman! his passion for the club is a huge plus! i always smile wheen i see him twitch at games lol!!!Laurentes @ napoli is whining little man Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KonohasOrangeFlash 2,607 Posted May 24, 2012 Share Posted May 24, 2012 Roman is as funny and passionate as ever. It's also nice to see Arkady is big a fan as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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