Premier League - No more spending from Chelsea

Eurosport - Mon, 10 Nov 14:50:00 2008

Chelsea are unlikely to bolster their squad in the January transfer window.

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"It's not high on the agenda," chief executive Peter Kenyon told the International Football Arena at FIFA headquarters when asked if coach Luiz Felipe Scolari would be allowed to buy players.

"We have an agreed squad size of 24. We had that squad size at the beginning of the year. January is a notoriously bad time to buy players," Kenyon said.

Chelsea, owned by Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich, has reviewed its cost base as it seeks to remain on track to meet its target of becoming profitable by the 2010/2011 season, Kenyon said.

"I think that's good management and prudent in these conditions," he said in a podium interview about the effect of the global financial crisis on football.

Chelsea top the Premier League standings on goal difference from Liverpool after 12 games.

Reuters

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  1. poor chelsea no money already

    From oujj c, on Tue 11 Nov 5:43PM

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    From go to www.premiership.altervista.org, on Tue 11 Nov 3:22PM

  3. NO MORE SPENDING ON PLAYERS...BUT LOTS OF SPENDING ON...RENT BOYS

    From fluffy.bits, on Tue 11 Nov 2:39PM

  4. pooorrrr chelsea pooorrrr chelsea

    From djose09, on Tue 11 Nov 12:07PM

  5. oh god here comes the scouse supporting fat slapper NOT PRINTABLE again at least the picture change is an improvement just a shame she is still talking out of one of her lower orifices

    From U R SOLES, on Tue 11 Nov 9:40AM

  6. no need to buy the team is fantastic as it is!!
    Even at the beginning of the season Chelsea had 7 main player injured and still top of the League. No need to buy, for profit margins or not.

    From Alex, on Tue 11 Nov 9:24AM

  7. Abba has a very expensive ex-wife and an even more expensive new one (who is about as loaded as him so he has to compete on moral grounds) and with world financial crisis even the wealthy are watching their backs and dropping off the radar screens.

    From not printable, on Tue 11 Nov 9:11AM

  8. Utter nonsense. Russian mafia never runs out of money !!

    From Tim, on Tue 11 Nov 9:07AM

  9. No more spending???
    Is Uncle Roman going broke???
    I doubt it...
    I bet he's secretly getting ready to sell up to the Scottish Warlords...
    The Crankies...
    Fan-dabby-bloody-dozy...

    From Buzz, on Tue 11 Nov 8:17AM

  10. It was a very bad day for man utd, the gunners were far more better than them. Man u will finish as third best this season and will not go beyond the quaterfinal stage of the champions league. I CAN NEVER WALK ALONE !

    From freespace4henry, on Tue 11 Nov 7:16AM

  11. thats right steve nann but dont forget were your managers came from and allot of your players

    From ALEX, on Tue 11 Nov 6:01AM

  12. yaya
    Chelsea can win the League cup every year with the current team!!

    From gary_leo86, on Tue 11 Nov 5:55AM

  13. Why is everyone so pissed off that Chelsea spent the money in the past to get good players that their club doesn't want to spend? As for Chelsea being nothing before Abramovich, they won the FA cup in '97 and 2000 and the league cup in '98... all of which were won before Abramovich came on. Granted, they don't have as many titles/cups as some other clubs, but in the last 10 years, Chelsea has won 11 titles/cups, pretty good numbers for a team with "no history." People just hate winners and anyone that jumps at opportunities that their club passes by or misses out on.

    From Chris, on Tue 11 Nov 5:43AM

  14. chelsea not buying players?
    what has the world come to?

    From arsena14life, on Tue 11 Nov 5:17AM

  15. 'January is a notoriously bad time to buy players' - i bet Anelka would have a say

    From United, kids, wife, on Tue 11 Nov 3:45AM

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    From mixedbeaugirl, on Tue 11 Nov 1:02AM

  17. OLLIEBOYYY you seem to forget that the season before before RA arrived chelsea finished above liverfool

    From U R SOLES, on Tue 11 Nov 12:53AM

  18. JOHN.GLEAVE well theres only one answer to you
    oh dear oh dear
    top for less than a week
    no you'll never win the league
    you'll never win the league

    From U R SOLES, on Tue 11 Nov 12:45AM

  19. All these rants are from cockneys gettin scared because the scousers are coming to take the premiership to Anfield! uh oh His armband said he was a red torres torres. you'll never walk alone it said torres torres. we bought the lad from sunny spain, give him the ball he scores again. Fernando Torres liverpools number 9!!
    YNWA

    From John, on Tue 11 Nov 12:25AM

  20. HOW OLD THIS GUY CALLED ollieboyyy, WHICH MENTAL HOSPITAL HE CAME FROM? IM SICK OF HIS BRAINLESS COMMENT...

    From andrew, on Mon 10 Nov 11:34PM
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