Chelsea will today announce losses of £80m for the last financial year, a £60m reduction on the £140m deficit recorded in 2004-05. The £80m loss, the lowest recorded in the three full years since Roman Abramovich took control of the club, takes the aggregate losses during the Russian's ownership to £308m and his total spending on the club over £500m....The loss...is largely attributable to the Russian's bank-rolling of player transfers...to ensure the club remained a going concern...The percentage of turnover swallowed by the club's wage bill is thought to have increased to more than 75%......Kenyon will see the figures as evidence that his mission to make the club break even by 2009-10 remains on track.
Assuming for a moment that Kenyon can get Chelsea to break even by 2010, how much will they have lost by then? £400 million? Even if they start to make a profit after that, how long would it take realistically for Abramovich to get a return on his investment?
― Teh HoBBx (HoBB), Monday, 19 February 2007 16:22 (seventeen years ago) link
"Alan Pardew was a cancer", Eggert in diplomatic mode there
― Michael Annoyman (Michael Annoyman), Tuesday, 20 February 2007 12:02 (seventeen years ago) link
― 526 (526), Tuesday, 20 February 2007 12:06 (seventeen years ago) link
― Matt DC (Matt DC), Tuesday, 20 February 2007 12:15 (seventeen years ago) link
― White Collar Boxer (DomPassantino), Tuesday, 20 February 2007 12:20 (seventeen years ago) link
As for Benitez...increasingly it seems he'll mess around for another 2 or 3 seasons and then be gone too.
― Ronan (Ronan), Tuesday, 20 February 2007 16:22 (seventeen years ago) link
― Captain Purple Items (nu_onimo), Tuesday, 20 February 2007 16:53 (seventeen years ago) link
― Teh HoBBx (HoBB), Tuesday, 20 February 2007 22:17 (seventeen years ago) link
That Giggs free kick was marvellous, as was Larsson's dummy-then-chip that very nearly came off. Not sure about the Vidic push at all, but it's always amusing to watch Andy Townsend get in a tizzy.
― Matt DC (Matt DC), Tuesday, 20 February 2007 22:27 (seventeen years ago) link
― Matt (Matt), Tuesday, 20 February 2007 23:04 (seventeen years ago) link
― ailsa_xx (ailsa_xx), Tuesday, 20 February 2007 23:20 (seventeen years ago) link
― 526 (526), Wednesday, 21 February 2007 11:55 (seventeen years ago) link
― Matt DC (Matt DC), Wednesday, 21 February 2007 12:07 (seventeen years ago) link
― Matt DC (Matt DC), Wednesday, 21 February 2007 12:10 (seventeen years ago) link
― Dom Passantino (DomPassantino), Wednesday, 21 February 2007 12:15 (seventeen years ago) link
― Ronan (Ronan), Wednesday, 21 February 2007 20:33 (seventeen years ago) link