Sheva’s lady had absolutely nothing to do with his move to Chelsea. Honest.

When Andriy Shevchenko’s lengthy stay at AC Milan came to an end, the ageing striker had no preference over joining Manchester Utd or Chelsea. Roman Abramovich’s (now ex-) wife Irina, however, aided the decision making process by squiring his American model wife Kristen Pazik around the glitzy side of London town. Soon after, Sheva agreed the move to West London, but insisted the choice had nothing to do with his wife’s wishes. He told Gazetta Sport at the time:

“My wife has nothing to do with this, we decided together for the best interests of our family.”I don’t speak English, my wife does not speak Ukrainian - the only language we have in common at the moment is Italian. The only way to be able to teach our children our love that we have for them is the English language.”

And with this puzzling logic (surely the mutually understood Italian language would have been a better choice for the kids), the Premier League gained another WAG and Chelsea’s bench got a little bit warmer.