Strange how About time says you can't buy titles, strange isn't that how Abramovich & Chelsea won all their trophies. The club was nearly in administration when he came in with the money him, Yeltsin & Putin stole from the Russian people

Even before Chelsea won the lottery and bought trophies they were still more successful than Spurs and regularly finished above them in the league.

comment by CoutinhosHappyFeet (U18971)
posted 3 hours, 34 minutes ago
Even before Chelsea won the lottery and bought trophies they were still more successful than Spurs and regularly finished above them in the league.
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While you are technically correct, the whole success at Chelsea from 1997 to 2003 (when Romanot took over) was built on a mountain of debt. They forked out huge fees and wages in that period.

Roman then took that debt on when Chelsea were struggling in 2003.

So although he was not there for their success in that time, he did actually pay for it

Chelsea in those days was hardly packed with superstars, though. Bad management of club funds tends to negate success, not improve it.

Gullit, Vialli, Di Matteo, Desailly, LeBouef, Le Saux, Zola, Hasselbaink, De Goey, Casiraghi, Laudrup, Ferrer, Deschamps, Sutton, Stanic, Gudjonssen, Lamp arduous, Gallagher, Bogarde.

Wages and/or fees well out of Chelsea and means

Lampard and Gallas near the end there^

Gronkjaer, Petit, Zenden