The Blues might be sitting pretty in position 6 in the football money league rich list but the
truth of the matter is that their financial situation is not too good. With a massive debt in
excess of over £1 billion, Chelsea could soon find itself in a very messy situation.
It is also now emerging that Chelsea paid £28 million to sign Andre Villas-Boas from Porto last
summer.
When questions about your football club are raised in Westminster and the Prime Minister agrees
that the situation needs investigation then you know you are in a bad way. Not because you might be
investigated but because the Prime Minister actually knows what Penny Mordaunt, MP for Portsmouth
North, is talking about.
In a decision that was undoubtably cheered at the FA's headquarters, a jury today cleared Spurs
manager Harry Redknapp and former Portsmouth chairman Milan Mandaric of tax evasion.
Speaking on the steps of Southwark Crown Court, Redknapp said the case "should never have come
to court".
Roman Abramovich has had an "interesting" few days being back at Cobham hasn't he. Being present
for the most part last week and taking an interest in training, to then watch
the performance we
gave on Saturday at Goodison and to then hear the Manager speak of not preparing the team
properly must have been a real eye opener.
