Abramovich is not concerned about the huge losses of "Chelsea"

Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich is not concerned about the record losses of his Chelsea football club, which only in 2005 amounted to 140 million pounds ($ 250 million). This was stated by the Executive Director of Chelsea Peter Kenon.

“He is well aware of which direction we are moving in the long run, and knows well about our steps in the near future,” Kenion said in an interview with the Air Force . “This is not the situation when you suddenly go into the office and say:“ By the way, I almost forgot, we will show 140 million losses this year. ”

The amount of losses that Chelsea suffered is the largest in the history of English football. But Kenion insists that everything goes according to plan, and record losses were associated with the "individual" necessary costs of the club. Representatives of Chelsea also noted that they had to pay 25.5 million pounds to terminate the sponsorship contract of Umbro.

Recall that Chelsea used Abramovich’s money to pay for transfers totaling 265 million pounds, which helped the club last season to become the Premier League champion - the first “home” title of “blue” for 50 years.

Chelsea hopes to reach the level of break-in for the 2009-10 season. However, Kenion insists that the club’s financial situation does not cause concern - with Roman Abramovich, or without it. In the future, the club intends to spend much less funds for the purchase of football players. At the same time, its own sports school will develop in order to educate their "stars".

“Mr. Abramovich does not plan to sell Chelsea,” says the club manager. “We intend to reach a break -by, and, of course, work with profit. A long -term plan is to achieve success as a club and as an enterprise, and for 10 years we will become one of the best clubs in Europe. If Mr. Abramovich will leave tomorrow, we will still be safe.”