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Article: Football: SEX-SKI FOOTBALL!; Gold: Blues would welcome Russian revolution.(SPORT)
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- Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England)
- Article date:
- July 6, 2003
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Byline: IAN CLARKSON
PREMIERSHIP chairmen may be gasping at the thought of competing with Chelsea's new billionaire owner - but Birmingham City's David Gold thinks the incredible Stamford Bridge deal will make the game 'sexier' than ever.
As Roman Abramovich ups the ante in the top flight by threatening to pour millions of pounds into Chelsea to turn them into one of Europe's elite clubs, it has almost gone unnoticed that Blues are among the division's biggest spenders this year.
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The pounds 5.2 million purchase of David Dunn ...