Roman Abramovich`s riches have forever changed the game in England, could it be possible that this is actually a good thing not just for Chelsea but also the other big three, Liverpool Fc, Arsenal and Man Utd.
My view has always been that with the introduction of the Russians money has ruined the Premiership, the crazy sums of money payed for players they need, and worst of all the crazy money that has been paid for players they don't need, talented players like Shaun Wright Phillips who has completed just 2 full 90 minute games in the Premiership so far this season, Wayne bridge is another talent wasting away at Chelsea, which is also hurting the national team.
It would be easy to blame the players, by saying that they know what they are getting into when they sign for Chelsea and are just after the money, but we do not know what has been said to these players by Mourhinho or their agents when the transfers are happening, perhaps they are been told that they are going to be playing regularly but then arrive only to find themselves warming the bench.
These are some of the negatives (only some, but there are more) but there has been one big positive after the introduction of the Chelski millions, all the other teams have had to rise to the new challenge. Chelsea raised the bar and the other big three have had to follow suite, and the results are there to be seen. Liverpool won the Champions League two years ago Arsenal were in the final last year and this year we have three teams from the Premiership in the quarter finals, a huge improvement on the pre-roman years.
Man Utd are a shining example of this, last summer they bought Michael Carrick for 18.6 million, it was a crazy price to pay for a run of the mill midfielder but Man Utd needed him to compete against Chelsea so they gave in to Spurs ransom price and now they are reaping the rewards.
In years past they would have laughed of that asking price and waited for someone else at a later date because they might have been able to do without Carrick for another season but such is the pressure that the Chelski millions put on the other clubs that there is no waiting for tomorrow, teams have to invest more every season to compete with Romans Rubles.
For years English football fans have missed out on watching the cream of the worlds best players playing in the Premiership, the likes of Kaka, Ronaldinho or Messi, all these players deemed the Premiership not the place to be but all that is changing now in a large part to Romans Rubles. Samuel Eto`o is one of the most wanted players on the planet and he has already hinted that Liverpool Football Club is his next preferred destination, and others will follow to the Premiership.
Man utd, Liverpool Fc and probably Arsenal next have combated the Chelski millions by getting foreign (American) investors, but they are not the only ones to gain by this new trend, Spurs payed for a lot of good players with the Carrick money, and its the same for the smaller teams, transfer fees will be higher and still the bigger clubs will buy players that have proven themselves in the Premiership as a first option.
With the increased tv money next year and the money spilling over from the bigger clubs to the smaller clubs expect the Premiership to go from strength to strength and as much as i hate Roman`s Ruble`s, it has had this one beneficial side effect, and it should return us to the days when the English teams dominated Europe and finally we should see the worlds finest plying their trade in England.
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