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Club snapshot: Chelsea.(soccer)(Brief Article)
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Soccer Digest
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December 1, 2003
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* This summer, Chelsea were spectacularly purchased by Russian autocrat Roman Ambramovich. The new owner spent 140 million [pounds sterling] to acquire the team--60 [pounds sterling] in shares and 80 [pounds sterling] in debt clearance. He then spent more than 100 million [pounds sterling] on the transfer market to acquire stars such as Adrian Mutu, Damien Duff, Hernan Crespo, Glen Johnson, Juan Veron, Joe Cole, and Wayne Bridge, among others.
* Chelsea were invited to participate in the first Champions Cup tournament, in 1955-56, but withdrew at the request of the Football Association, which was worried that there would a problem with the team's fixtures. Chelsea never ...