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Originally Posted by Saaf_laandon_mo
Wouldn't be the case wether the owner is English or foreign. I think Wenger was having a pop at Chelsea, but I'm not convinced one of the richest men in the world has bought it just to make money. In my opinion Abrovanich has bought a club and is going all out to make it one of the most succesful (throphy wise) in Europe, I don't think the money matters (he certainly doesn't need it), its more ego related. I'm certainly not complaining, and worried about the fact that the owner's not english.
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That's not how I read it, Abramervich has been involved for a few years and his intentions are obvious, the consortium trying to buy West Ham are money men from all over the world, they have no interest in football in fact one of the Israeli's associates is quoted as saying 'he wouldn't know the difference between West Ham and West Brom', the problem with foreigners owning clubs is that it is hard for the fans to make their voices heard Malcolm Glazzer has still not been to Manchester so how would he know just how much the fans were against him. Alexander Gadaymac at Portsmouth has been accused of using his farther's ill gotten gains at Portsmouth, he disputes the accusations but who knows if they are justified. He may have also been talking of the Aston Villa takeover, however what isn't widely reported is the fact that Randy watched Villa several times in the 1980's and IIRC actually lived in Birmingham as well.