The goal that gave Chelsea their second Champions League connected the two souls of Roman Abramovich’s project. Mount, a blue youth squad since he was six years old, found Havertz, the 80 million euro talent and the most expensive signing in the club’s history, to score the ‘Orejona’ target. “See how the Chelsea legends lifted great trophies when I was in the academy. I always wanted to follow in their footsteps. I was in the 2012 final as a child and I dreamed of winning it on the grass. I can’t explain it. We are the best team in the world.” confessed the English.
Havertz’s sincerity: “Chelsea’s most expensive signing? I’m sweating it, we’ve won the Champions League”
“I don’t care what it cost me. I’m the Champions of the Champions League!”joked a German who had not scored in the entire tournament … until the final. A perfect and millionaire mix. Since buying Chelsea in 2003, Abramovich has spent 2,222, 58 kilos! in signings. An investment that only rivals City (2016.17 in the Mansour era), and which has been accompanied by improvements at the club.
–“Roman wanted to have the best academy and the best scouts in the world. We did a program to define the style of play from the age of nine. He asked me to spend in the quarry. It can save you millions and create roots“Frank Arnesen, Chelsea’s sports director until 2010, said on the ‘BBC’. An intense scouting job that fills his factory with international quality … although FIFA sanctioned the ‘blues’ in 2019 with two windows without signing for irregularities in the incorporation of minors.
A punishment that the TAS reduced to the summer market. A period without shopping that led Londoners to throw the rest this season. In the midst of the pandemic, Chelsea spent 247.2 million on Havertz, Werner, Chilwell, Ziyech, Mendy … More than any other club. All under the umbrella of Marina Granovskaia, Abramovich’s right-hand man and responsible for the economic and sports fields within a team of which she has been the executive director since 2014.
Abramovich’s legacy
At Do Dragao, they showed up with their expensive acquisitions and two homegrown players in their eleven. Terry has worthy heirs. Reece James and Mount grew up together in Cobham and raised a Champions League that is one of the 17 great titles -excluding Super Cups- that they have won since 2003.
No Premier club exceeds five Leagues, five FA Cups, three League Cups, two Europa Leagues and two Champions League achieved with Abramovich, plus two Community Shields. The rest of the Big Six – United (14), City (13), Arsenal and Liverpool (six) and Tottenham (one) – are behind.
My goal is to build the future. That’s why Cobham -academy opened in 2007- is so important to me. The club is not only the men’s team: it is the women’s team, its quarry and the community around it.
“The titles speak for themselves and show what we have done. Chelsea were before me and will continue after, but my goal is to build the future. That is why Cobham – open academy in 2007 – is so important to me. The club is not only the men’s team: it is the women’s team -the finalist of the Champions League who fell (0-4) against Bara-, their quarry and the surrounding community “, told in ‘Forbes’ the Russian leader giving value to his work. His legacy. A fixed course that does not follow on the bench.
—Final Champions League: Summary and goal of Manchester City 0-1 Chelsea
His Chelsea has had 14 technicians. In 2012, they unexpectedly won the Champions League against Bayern, in Munich, after the Villas-Boas project failed and Di Matteo straightened him out. And in 2021, the team broke up with Lampard … until he arrived Tuchel to fix it and achieve the second Orejona against City. History repeats itself.
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