news.bbc.co.ukPosted Jan 20, 2014, 7:14 PM UTC
Yes, but we were also in financial trouble pre-Roman. A lot of borrowing took place around this time. These figures are turnovers, not profits. Chelsea had far too high spending and Roman saved us for potential administration.
Lets not all jump on board the "we would still be a top club without Abramovic" ship, just because of one figure, he saved us.
Lets not all jump on board the "we would still be a top club without Abramovic" ship
I have never seen anyone claim we'd be where we are now without Abramovich. No one has that opinion. If we'd stayed in the Champions League for a few years we could have avoided disaster and stayed as a top 6 team though - so about where teams like Spurs and Liverpool are now, but we wouldn't have won any titles, just the odd cup at best.
^^exactly why the deloitte money league means sweet fuck all. a club with high borrowing and spending tops it. bollocks.
What the hell do you have against Zlatan gifs?
He's a great player but the worship of him over there is a bit over the top and there are far too many posts about him. For instance, why on earth was this one of the top posts?
He's one of the best strikers at the moment, plus his antics are funny/popular. It's kinda like Mourinho, except it's a bit too excessive.