Chelsea prepares to dominate European football

 

There is a new heavyweight force in European football, they are apparently being funded by the Russian economy, they mean business and their name is Chelsea F.C. Chelsea Football Club has always been a decent club in the second tier of English clubs. In London alone, Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur have invariably been ahead of ดาวทีมเชลซี Blues, even West Ham have often cast Chelsea in the shadows. But not anymore, because in the 2004-2005 season, Chelsea won the English Premier League title for the first time in fifty years, their only previous winning season.

But they have not stopped there, in the new 2005-2006 season they are already very clear about the title race leaving all their rivals speechless, and now they have set their sights on the top of all club trophies, the Champions League of Europe . Chelsea have never won the Champions League, in fact no London club has. And it is clear that his charismatic coach José Mourinho intends to win the Champions League again, he did it with his previous club Porto, from Portugal.

So what about the traditional English giants? Manchester United, often described as the world's richest football club, has fallen into the hands of the Glazer family of Tampa Bay fame, but they reportedly needed to borrow £ 500 million to buy United. , a debt that the club now assumes. So far, spending on new players has been meager and Glasgow's gruff manager Sir Alex Ferguson has admitted that United, for so long England's most successful club, cannot compete with Chelsea when it comes to buying players. . The hordes of United fans are not amused, the natives are restless.

London's biggest and most successful club Arsenal lost their patron and driving force Patrick Vieira last summer, moved to Juventus in Italy for £ 12 million and with star striker Thierry Henry suffering from fitness issues. , they managed some unusual defeats in the old-fashioned way. clubs like West Bromwich Albion and Middlesbrough. This is his last season at his famous old Highbury Stadium before moving into his new purpose built Emirates Stadium next door. The 60,000 capacity increase will undoubtedly give their French manager Arsene Wenger more money to spend next year, but of course they will have to pay for that new land as well. Far from challenging Chelsea again, it appears that Arsenal is more likely to lag further behind.

That leaves Liverpool and Newcastle. Today comes the news that the American Kraft Company and its family are interested in investing in Liverpool F.C., perhaps even buying the club outright just like Manchester United fifty miles away, but that's a bit further on. And they are also looking to build a new stadium in Stanley Park, and of course all of that costs a lot of money. Despite last year's flamboyant Champions League victory, Liverpool's league form this season has once again been uneven, and that included a 4-1 beating by Chelsea at their own Anfield pitch. The idea that Liverpool could challenge Chelsea for the title remains implausible. Newcastle, England's second best supported club, are gradually improving and have signed England center forward Michael Owen but remain unconvincing at the top level. They haven't won the title since Noah was seen building his ark, or so it seems, and they won't this season either.

So while it is very popular with foreign investors to get hold of the major English (and Scottish) football clubs, it appears that only Roman Abramovich in Chelsea has the financial muscle to buy the best players. He is the only one who has put unlimited funds on the table. Top-notch players now charge a transfer fee of £ 40m apiece, and while Manchester United could afford one of them per season, Chelsea's pocket seems bottomless. They have already spent over £ 220 million and are still on the market to buy again when the transfer window reopens in January.

They have already achieved success by winning at home, now the European Champions League is the Holy Grail for them, a trophy that they are now the favorites to win with the layers of odds. And surprisingly, they've achieved their success to date with a variety of forwards who haven't really cut the mustard.