If I was Irina I'd plough all my divorce loot in to Arsenal, just to really get up the lovely Roman's nose.
As a neutral observer (albeit one with a very large soft spot for Arsenal's brand of football) I'd honestly rather be a trophyless Gooner watching Fabregas and Co than a Chelsea fan watching that dreary muscle-bound rubbish. Name me one Chelsea player who's exciting to watch? Exactly. There are none. Lampard? You're having a laugh. Robben? Makes C Ronaldo seem ethical. Ballack? Zzzzz. Essien? Great player, no flair.
As for the money....Chelsea haven't bought their success????
Apart from Terry, what other home grown player is an nb member of the squad?
And add up those transfer fees!
Meanwhile............
Arsenal - Fabregas (free), Djourou (youth), Hoyte (youth), Senderos (free), Toure (free), Aliadiere (youth), Clichy (£250k), Diaby (free), Flamini (nominal), Lehmann (£1.25m), Ljungberg (£3m), Eboue (£1m), Van Persie (£2.75m).
United - Giggs (youth), Scholes (youth), Gary Neville (youth), Brown (youth), Solskjaer (£1m) and -
- O'Shea (youth), Richardson (youth), Fletcher (youth).
Liverpool - who cares? The only Premiership club to make Chelsea look exciting.
Yep, Arsenal and United have a fair old collection of monster money signings, but at least they brought a few kids through the ranks, and they're the players real supporters warm to.
Chelsea are a rich man's play thing, no more, no less. Their second choice team should win the Premiership and the Champions League this season, it'll be hilarious if their multi-zillion pound first team fail to do it.