by Tony Attwood

I had just got used to thinking that we had two billionaire clubs doing the rounds Man City and Chelsea.

The came the news that PSG was in the same group and then Malaga. And there is QPR although I can't quite work out what is going on there.

So [...]

Chelsea veteran Frank Lampard and departing striker Didier Drogba have both paid a glowing tribute to the contributions of often-criticized Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich, emphasizing that the Russian billionaire's drive to succeed is often overlooked due to the negative connotation associated with money and power.

It is fair to say that Russian Anzhi Makhachkala have been attention seeking since being bought by billionaire Suleyman Kerimov. But this might take the biscuit. Rather than simply offering a ridiculously large amount of money to world stars, they have taken a curious step by releasing their own rap video containing members of the [.

Paul Kennedy of Soccer America reports on the resume and results by Pep Guardiola at Barcelona, who is reportedly going to announce his stepping down from his post at Barca today.
By all accounts, Pep Guardiola has decided to quit coaching Barcelona. At 41, age isn't an issue. Failure isn't the problem.

When Stan Kroenke first bought a substantial percentage of Arsenal, by purchasing ITV's 9.9% share of Arsenal back in 2007, Chairman Peter Hill-Wood made his infamous quote ‘we don't want his sort here', in reference to a perceived takeover bid in the making from the American billionaire. Naturally, Hill-Wood's view may have been coloured by the fact that it was David Dein who had brought Kroenke to the shareholders' table, with his subsequent dismissal from the board of directors due to his going behind the backs of his colleagues in a failed attempt to effect a take over in the Highbury House boardroom.

The Champions League has entered the twilight zone of football. Bayern Munich, who's ground will host the final in May, are out to "wreck the dream final" and Chelsea are the underdogs—the filthy rich, billionaire fuelled vanity team of underdogs...
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Rebel. Don't sit in the away bay.
CCM are struggling to find a buyer. They have been selling players to make the payroll. And if they don't find a billionaire soon, Graham Arnold will sign for Sydney FC. Hmm. Not a great reason to get a coach for fans.
And if only Sydney and Melbourne can afford coaches, do we have a competition?

Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich is so keen on landing Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola as the Blues manager next season that he is willing to literally buy him out of his Barcelona job.

The Russian billionaire is said to have approached Guardiola's representatives with an offer they simply cannot refuse.

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The Sun/Paul Jiggins - Paladini: I was stitched up
FORMER QPR chairman Gianni Paladini last night hit back at the critics who panned his performance in the most explosive football film of the year.

Football attracts wideboys and chancers.
Over the years most supporters will have questioned the morality or legality of this director or that chairman.
But the collection of charlatans and chancers who seem to have attached themselves to Rangers in recent years must take some beating.

Mike Ashley is getting richer and he is once again a pound Billionaire. This is picture of Mike Ashley in Forbes Magazine Mike is at joint 491 in the Forbes World Billionaires they published today with a net worth of $2.5B which translates to around £1.6B in today's exchange rates. Sports Direct are having some good results and Mike's worth has increased as the Sports Direct share price [.

Paris Saint Germain have officially announced their plans in securing the Service of Liverpool star striker Luis Suarez in the coming transfer window.Billionaire Nasser Al-Khelafi, has already shelled out on a clutch of high-profile stars as PSG attempt to redeem themselves as a major force in European football.

Paris Saint Germain have officially announced their plans in securing the Service of Liverpool star striker Luis Suarez in the coming transfer window.Billionaire Nasser Al-Khelafi, has already shelled out on a clutch of high-profile stars as PSG attempt to redeem themselves as a major force in European football.

Clive Palmer, A-League Club Owner and Billionaire tries to takeover football, all of it - yet he can't even get his own Franchise right.
Before we forget:
Here's five things Clive did really well -
Signed Jason Culina and made a splash.
Appointed Miron Bleiberg and got plenty of coverage.

Many of you have called for the firing of Andre Villas-Boas. Many of us, like me for instance, have called for caution in this case. Polarizing this young Portuguese.

It may not matter what we think for much longer, that is if Duncan Castles is to be believed. He says, in The National, that Villas-Boas has been told he will be sacked if he fails to guide Chelsea past Napoli in the second leg of our Champions League first knockout round tie in two weeks.

Paddy Bordier, Nick Cumpston and Nick Amies follow the billionaire saga filling the back pages, the continued slide of the previously unstoppable Mariners (much to Nick Junior's disgust) and the selection policy of Holger Osieck; is he really helping build a future or de we have another Pim?
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An interesting day to be a Bournemouth fan. Their side was beaten 1-0 at home by MK Dons, but that was very much the start of the craziness. Towards the end of the game rumours began to surface that the wife of the club's billionaire Russian owner had forced herself into the home changing room [...]

This week, American businessman, billionaire, and possible future owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers Stan Kroenke flew into London in order to publicly express his full support of Arsene Wenger. Arsenal's board of directors has had some interesting topics to discuss, which include, but are certainly not limited to: Robin van Persie's future with the club, Arsene Wenger's future with the club, and the monies to be spent this coming summer all of which impact public perception of Wenger in one way or another.

Andre Villas-Boas can say it as much as he likes, but no-one will truly believe that he has the support of owner Roman Abramovich until the Russian says it himself.
The billionaire is notoriously silent on club issues, in public at least, therefore he is often judged on his actions.
So the news that he flew in to view training, hold meetings with staff and players as well as demanding an explanation as to the manager's team selection, suggests he isn't too happy with the
goings on at Stamford Bridge.

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Per GalleristNY.com,

"On which website, one wonders, did Ms. Zhukova meet her billionaire oligarch partner Roman Abramovich...?"

Kickette survey says: Sugardaddie.com?

Regardless of the correct answer, our hope for Dasha is that eventually she'll do the right thing and write a book explaining exactly how one can have a career and a two-year-old kid and continue to look like a ravishing goddess of gorgeousness.

Anzhi Makhachkala, the Russian club with an abundance of wealth behind them, are reportedly close to signing Fabio Capello as manager. The club, owned by Russian billionaire Suleyman Kerimov, has made no attempts to hide its wealth and in recent times has made moves for every notable high profile player available for transfer.

Chelsea boss Andre Villas-Boas admitted that as his side prepares to kick-off at Goodison Park this afternoon, damage control is the only ambition for the Blues in a Premier League campaign where they have not been 'very honorable'.

With Tottenham seven points ahead in third and Newcastle, Arsenal, and Liverpool all within striking distance of Chelsea's current fourth position in the table, Villas-Boas acknowledges that it has been a shaky ride for a side that was assembled to chase glory.

Arsenal chief executive Ivan Gazidis was interviewed by Fox on Sunday and he said that Arsenal will never be able to compete with the likes of Chelsea and Manchester City in the transfer market but believes Arsene Wenger's focus on developing young players is the correct way to run a football club.

I know that this is a bit of a bold statement to make about a man who has kept his side at the summit of the Premier league table practically since it kicked off back in August. But watching City huff and puff against Liverpool in the League Cup semi final poking at them with the imagination and creative spark of a spineless hedgehog it was plainly obvious that Mancini, the manager, has nothing up sleeve.

In May of 2011, a sort of palace coup was engineered at the Emirates with the two remaining substantial shareholdings of Danny Fiszman and Lady Nina Bracewell-Smith going to Stan Kroenke and in effect Kroenke was anointed the new "emperor" of Arsenal Football Club. Except the Russian billionaire Alisher Usmanov refused to play ball and increased his holding in the club too!

Following a string of impressive performances, the Daily Star is suggesting that Manchester City boss Roberto Mancini is lining up a move for Newcastle United midfielder Cheick Tiote. The Ivorian has been an integral figure in the heart of Newcastle's midfield, and Mancini is insistent that City's billionaire owners keep the check book open.

Watching Man Utd crash out of the Champion's League Group stage has helped me get over Liverpool's defeat to Fulham no end.
It is great to see our fiercest rivals lose at any time but to lose such an important match is terrific.
Basel beat Utd 2-1 with Streller and Frei scoring for the Swiss side while Jones added a consolation on 89 mins.

Can't say I've ever been pulled into looking for a football documentary by a trailer as much as this one on The Other Chelsea, done last year about another financial behemoth run by Eastern European money, Shakhtar Donetsk, and its far reaches. Simply put, the intro is just spectacular.

There are Arsenal legends. And then again there are proper Arsenal legends. For most of us Patrick Vieira sits comfortably in the second catergory. From Shite Hart Lane to (Very) Old Trafford he was a steam engine of a player. Strength, passion, craft, guile, he had the lot and regularly delievered these qualities as a red and white colossus.

LeBron James: 'I can understand why a lot of people were upset'

The Miami Heat forward on why he bought a stake in Liverpool, his controversial move from Cleveland and the NBA lockout The long wait for LeBron James unfolds in a luxury hotel suite large enough to fit a stylish apartment.

Mike Ashley is an enigma. The squash-coach-turned-billionaire shuns the limelight to such an extent that he was once dubbed "Britain's answer to the late Howard Hughes," which makes his purchase of Newcastle United all the more unfathomable. Why would a ... Continue reading →

By Eric Beard

Despite everything Soccernomics preaches, Turkey's path to becoming a footballing superpower has hit yet another bump in the road. The nation failed to qualify for EURO 2012, and via the transitive property this means Guus Hiddink's time is up as manager.

Sports fans typically don't care where the money behind their favorite team comes from. It's the thinking that as long as we are winning games and championships, does it even matter who's writing the checks? Most are fine with not knowing simple because they don't care for the simple reason that its sports and one of the core purposes of sport is to distract us from reality and allow us to forget about the trials and tribulations of day to day life.

News International Executive Chairman James Murdoch apologises for The Sun's coverage of the Hillsborough disaster

Son of billionaire magnate apologises for newspaper's handling of 1989 tragedy, in which 96 Liverpool fans lost their lives

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News International Executive Chairman James Murdoch apologises for The Sun's coverage of the Hillsborough disaster

Son of billionaire magnate apologises for newspaper's handling of 1989 tragedy, in which 96 Liverpool fans lost their lives

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News International Executive Chairman James Murdoch apologises for The Sun's coverage of the Hillsborough disaster

Son of billionaire magnate apologises for newspaper's handling of 1989 tragedy, in which 96 Liverpool fans lost their lives

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News International Executive Chairman James Murdoch apologises for The Sun's coverage of the Hillsborough disaster

Son of billionaire magnate apologises for newspaper's handling of 1989 tragedy, in which 96 Liverpool fans lost their lives

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News International Executive Chairman James Murdoch apologises for The Sun's coverage of the Hillsborough disaster

Son of billionaire magnate apologises for newspaper's handling of 1989 tragedy, in which 96 Liverpool fans lost their lives

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News International Executive Chairman James Murdoch apologises for The Sun's coverage of the Hillsborough disaster

Son of billionaire magnate apologises for newspaper's handling of 1989 tragedy, in which 96 Liverpool fans lost their lives

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News International Executive Chairman James Murdoch apologises for The Sun's coverage of the Hillsborough disaster

Son of billionaire magnate apologises for newspaper's handling of 1989 tragedy, in which 96 Liverpool fans lost their lives

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