Russian has strange taste in nice things

It seems that Roman Abramovich has the same eye for beautiful art that he uses to create beautiful football. All the ingredients are there - naked women, lovely sofa, great artist. And yet, to the normal working man, Lucien Freud’s Benefits Supervisor Sleeping looks like a podgy woman having a kip, not a £17 million gem. Much in the same way that the Chelsea team can look like eleven brilliant players all dancing to a different beat.

Amongst the yachts and gorgeous girlfriends, it seems that the Chelsea loan-shark has a secret love of the uglier things in life.

With that in mind, Mr Abramovich, here’s some more art you could throw millions at and depress yourself with: