Abramovich always looks like he has no idea whats going on?

I will start by saying that this blog will not turn into a sports only blog which many of you might expect but it is where my attention is focused on this week. The modern day Premier League is awash with millionaires, billionaires and (bust) West Ham United. But does the amount of money a club has to spend relate to their league position? Top of the pile you have Manchester United and Chelsea, owned by billionaires with United able to print money at the drop of a new 3^rd kit. Chelsea, owned by Russian Roman Abramovich – is it me or does he always look like he has no idea what’s going on around him? - are joined by Stanley Kroenke & Alisgewr Usmanov and their Arsenal at the top of the Premier League year on year. This exclusive billionaires club seems to have the run of modern football, but when you include Lord Ashcroft (Watford), Joe Lewis (Tottenham), Trevor Hemmings (Preston), Simon Keswick (Cheltenham Town) and one time Mike Ashley (Newcastle), the theory doesn’t always work.

Certainly money can buy you glory, just a few years ago lifelong Blackburn supporter Sir Jack Walker bought his club in an old fashioned local boy done good story and won the Premier League in 95. You look at the house that Jack built and wonder if another breakaway group of multi millionaire owners can be formed? Steve Gibson (Middlesborough), John Madejski (Reading) and John Ryan (Doncaster Rovers) are all lifelong supporters of the clubs they own and relevant success has followed.

So as I write this blog, Sky Sports News report on Manchester City’s £100million bid for AC Milan’s Kaka, and I wonder if underneath Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan’s Arabic dress you would find a MCFC tattoo or does he have ‘Blue Moon’ as his ringtone?

The point is money doesn’t guarantee glory, having passion for football and your club, still rides above the pound sign.... but a billionaire’s chequebook does help.

The sale of Jermaine Defoe to Portsmouth 12 months ago raised a few eyebrows in the knowledge that Pompy were getting a better then decent player for £8million with Spurs stating that they were getting rid of supposed dead wood by their new manager Juande Ramos. Fast forward 12 months and new Tottenham manager ‘Arry’ Redknapp has just paid over £15million to bring the same player back to Spurs.

Want a quick way to earn £7million quid? Just buy Defoe from Tottenham, play him up front every week, send him to the England squad with your best wishes, feed and water on a regular basis, sell back in 12 months and make an easy £7million. Are Spurs run by idiots?

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Selby