http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/premier_league/chelsea/
article4272559.ece
Roman Abramovich denies interfering with Chelsea team affairs
July 5, 2008 Dominic Kennedy and Kaveh Solhekol
It may surprise Avram Grant, but Roman Abramovich has told a court that he
keeps his nose out of running Chelsea. The Russian billionaire has
appeared to have plenty of input at Stamford Bridge since he bought the
club in 2003, but in legal papers filed as part of his “clash of the
oligarchs” court battle with Boris Berezovsky, he claims that he is not
involved in the day-to-day running of the club.
The ￡2billion case at the Commercial Court in London centres on
Berezovsky's claim that he was forced to surrender oil and aluminium
assets. Abramovich has taken exception to Berezovsky's legal documents,
which claim that he “owns and directs the management of Chelsea Football
Club”. Abramovich's defence states: “It is admitted that the defendant
owns Chelsea Football Club, but it is denied [in so far as relevant or
necessary] that he directs the management of that club.”
Jose Mourinho, who styled himself the “Special One”, left Chelsea under
a cloud at the start of last season after Abramovich lost faith in the
Portuguese manager. Rows over his reluctance to play Andriy Shevchenko,
the owner's friend and one of his footballing heroes, and the lack of
money for transfers were blamed. Abramovich was also rumoured to be
disillusioned with the dour, safety-first style of football that the team
played under Mourinho.
Grant was sacked at the end of last season, despite leading the club to
within one missed penalty kick of the Champions League trophy. Abramovich
was reported to have been entering “team areas” such as the
dressing-room and training ground last season and was even rumoured to
have suggested formation changes.
Luiz Felipe Scolari, the new manager who started work this week, is said
to have insisted that Abramovich keeps out of transfers and the
dressing-room, but, according to Russian newspaper reports on Wednesday,
Abramovich has set his heart on signing at least one Russia player this
summer. Andriy Arshavin heads a list of players including Yuri Zhirkov,
Igor Akinfeev and Roman Pavlyuchenko, whom Abramovich would like to see at
Stamford Bridge next season.
Arshavin would prefer to join Barcelona, but Chelsea are in pole position
after offering Zenit St Petersburg ￡14million, although it is unclear how
the playmaker would fit into the same team as Deco, the Portugal midfield
player, who was signed for ￡8million from Barcelona on Monday. Zenit are
hoping to start a bidding war between Chelsea and Barcelona for Arshavin
and are holding out for ￡24million, a sum that neither club is willing to
pay for the 27-year-old.
“It's too early to say it's a done deal,” a source close to Arshavin
said. “There's a big difference between what Zenit want and what clubs
have offered. I expect his future to be sorted out next week.”
Abramovich bought Chelsea in 2003 from Ken Bates in a ￡140million deal
and has invested ￡450million since. Chelsea have won the domestic league
title and Carling Cup twice and the FA Cup once under Abramovich, but had
to settle for runners-up in the Champions League, Barclays Premier League
and Carling Cup last season.
Abramovich has positioned his most trusted aides in Stamford Bridge. Bruce
Buck, the American lawyer who advised him on Sibneft affairs when he owned
the oil company, was made chairman in 2004. Eugene Tenenbaum, once a
corporate finance chief at Sibneft, sits on the Chelsea board.
Last September, after the embarrassing 1-1 home draw with Rosenborg in the
Champions League group stage, it was reported that Abramovich had lectured
Michael Essien, the Ghana midfield player, on tactics, with Shevchenko
acting as an interpreter.
Those who have left Stamford Bridge say otherwise, consistently denying in
public that the owner interferes in on-pitch matters. “Roman is very
intelligent,” Mourinho said. “He would never do this.”
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
http://sports.163.com/08/0705/11/4G3A7PSG00051CCV.html
2008-07-05 11:57:07
來源: 網易體育 作者：Avril
切爾西老闆阿布拉莫維奇告訴一個法庭說他沒有插手切爾西的日常事務，剛剛被
解雇的格蘭特肯定會對此感到驚訝，而已經在國米重新上崗的穆里尼奧則對此表示同
意。
阿布最近捲入了一樁價值兩億的官司，他的同胞貝瑞佐夫斯基指控阿布強迫他交
出自己的石油和鋁資產。這樁官司在倫敦的商業法庭開庭，貝瑞佐夫斯基在一份法律
文件中稱阿布“擁有並主導切爾西的運作”，但阿布的辯護律師否認了這一說法：
“我們承認被告（阿布）擁有切爾西俱樂部，但我們否認他主導切爾西的日常運作。”
穆里尼奧下課就是因為他不願意讓阿布的朋友和足球英雄舍甫琴科出場，而且去
年夏天阿布拒絕給狂人足夠的轉會費，另外阿布也對穆帥沉悶的足球風格不滿。去年
九月切爾西在冠軍聯賽小組中主場1-1戰平羅森堡後，據說阿布在技戰術方面公開訓
誡埃辛，而舍瓦擔任老闆的翻譯。不過那些離開切爾西的人都在公開場合屢次否認阿
布干涉場上事務，穆里尼奧就說：“羅曼（阿布）很聰明，他不可能這樣做的。”
以色列人格蘭特估計不同意阿布和穆里尼奧的說法，阿布在格蘭特執教期間曾進
入過“球隊區域”，像更衣室和訓練場，另外據傳他還要求格蘭特變陣。斯科拉里上
任後就要求阿布不要干涉轉會和更衣室事務，但週三俄羅斯媒體報導說阿布傾心於俄
羅斯球員，阿爾沙文領銜了日爾科夫和帕夫柳琴科等歐洲盃明星，阿布希望下賽季在
斯坦福橋能看到同胞的身影。
阿爾沙文傾向於加盟巴薩，不過切爾西處於領先地位，他們給澤尼特提供了一份
1400萬英鎊的報價。澤尼特就希望巴薩和切爾西競價，他們為阿爾沙文標價2400萬英
鎊，不過即使阿布這樣的富翁也不願意支付這麼多錢。
一名接近阿爾沙文的消息人士說：“現在說交易完成了還為時過早。澤尼特的要
價和兩家俱樂部的報價相距甚遠。我認為下週會有定論。”
--
“我身邊所有人都知道卻爾西對我而 “我想說一件事，在我家裡，卻爾西
言意味著什麼。對我而言，我的家庭 是第一位，我太太是第二位，而她十
是第一位，而卻爾西是第二位。” 分樂意接受這一點！”
- 中場 Frank James Lampard - 死忠球迷 Merlin
--
※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc)
◆ From: 118.171.0.81