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Ericsson said that Abramovich could buy Moscow Dynamo

10/13/2019, 4:10:19 PM

Former England head coach Sven-Goran Ericsson said that before buying London's Chelsea, Russian businessman Roman Abramovich was considering buying one of the Russian clubs.


“Roman wanted to buy a club in Moscow, so he, me, and agent Pini Zahavi went there for three days. We studied all the clubs, and I said that we need to buy Dynamo because they have the best infrastructure, ”Ericsson says FourFourTwo.

He noted that after a while a representative of Abramovich called him and said that the businessman had changed his plans and now intends to acquire one of the clubs in London.

Tottenham Hotspur or Chelsea. I asked what he wants. He said to win. I replied: “Then buy Chelsea.” There you need to change half of the team, and in Tottenham - the whole, ”the Swedish specialist added.

After Abramovich’s acquisition, Chelsea won the English Premier League and the FA Cup five times, the English League Cup and the English Super Cup three times, the Champions League, and the European League twice.

Earlier it was reported that the former Chelsea goalkeeper Peter Cech signed a contract with a hockey club.