One of the only Premier League club owners to suffer more than Mike Ashley during the current economic crisis is Roman Abramovich: reports suggest he has lost up to a third of his £15bn fortune. The Russian tycoon is clearly unfazed by his rapidly decreasing wealth, as he is all set to invest in a £60m Caribbean estate:
Chelsea’s owner, who is estimated to have lost two thirds of his £15billion fortune, has “fallen in love” with the two-acre plot on St Barts.
The idyllic spot boasts a deep-water mooring with enough space for his three superyachts.
Over Christmas, Abramovich anchored his ridiculously-named super-yacht ‘Ecstasea’ on the millionaire’s playground of St Barths, and it is said that he and 27-year-old model girlfriend Daria Zhukova fell in love it.
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As Roman Abramovich pines away on his yacht, wishing he’d brought the Russian manager to Chelsea instead of Gene Hackman, I’d like to think he and WAG Daria Zhukova console themselves with a Hiddink flavoured pizza.
Chelsea’s head honcho now owns slightly more of London
Although his attendance at Chelsea games has been less than exemplary of late, any rumours that Roman Abramovich is bored with his West London plaything may be quashed by his latest property investment.
The Russian oligarch originally bought a flat for in the pricey SW1 Lowndes Square building for just over £1m in the late nineties. He and (ex-) wife Irina lived there for several years, but it seems model girlfriend Daria Zhukova requires a little more space for her expansive array of tiny bikinis. Hence, Rom has slowly bought up the rest of the building and can now realise his dream of turning the whole thing into a gigantic palatial residence…
Anyone who stayed tuned after the game last night would have been witness to English madman Glenn Hoddle actually making sense for once. The big question spewing forth from his mouth was this - is the billionaire Roman Abramovich bothered about Chelsea any more?
After all, the Russian hasn’t been seen at a Chelsea match since the Carling Cup final - won, of course, by Spurs - meaning that he’s missed huge games against Man United, and the Champions League semi-final, arguably the biggest match in Chelsea history. No doubt he will be there in Moscow to enjoy the inevitable showering of grace from his countrymen, but how long will he stick around for after that?
As ably demonstrated by QPR part-owner Flavio Briatore, the fashion for English football club owners is to date a model who is half their age. Roman Abramovich, owner of West London’s second richest club, has acquiesced to this trend with his 23-year-old WAG Daria ‘Dasha’ Zhukova, and is
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