UNITED KINGDOM/ RUSSIA: CHELSEA FOOTBALL CLUB CHAIRMAN KEN BATES SAYS RUSSIAN BUSINESSMAN ROMAN ABRAMOVISPNTROL OF CLUB

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  • Title: UNITED KINGDOM/ RUSSIA: CHELSEA FOOTBALL CLUB CHAIRMAN KEN BATES SAYS RUSSIAN BUSINESSMAN ROMAN ABRAMOVISPNTROL OF CLUB
  • Date: 2nd July 2003
  • Summary: MOSCOW, RUSSIA (FILE) (NTV--NO ACCESS CIS/INTERNET) 1. ROMAN ABRAMOVICH LONDON, UK (FILE) (ITN - NO ACCESS UK, ABC (Australia), TVNZ. NO ACCESS "CO.UK" SITES. NO USE AFTER 30 DAYS 2. KEN BATES, WHO SOLD HIS EQUITY BUT REMAINS CHELSEA CHAIRMAN, AT CLUB SHOP 3. CHELSEA LOGO OUTSIDE GROUND LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM (JULY 2, 2003) (CHELSEA TV - SCHEDULED NEWS ONLY) 4. (SOUNDBITE) (English) KEN BATES INTERVIEWED BY CHELSEA'S OWN TV CHANNEL SAYING: "We spent the first 10 years fighting to keep Chelsea at Stamford Bridge and in the second decade, we built this mangnificent ground today, we got a good team, we are fourth in the league, we are in the Champions League again and we are one of the elite in England but we've run out of money and the problem is that we planned a whole securisation, no problem at all but the problems at Leeds and Leicester have made the English football industry a no-go to investors." LONDON, UK (FILE) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 5. EXTERIORS CHELSEA'S GROUND STAMFORD BRIDGE 6. STANDS / VIEW OF STAMFORD BRIDGE GROUND LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM (JULY 2, 2003) (CHELSEA TV - SCHEDULED NEWS ONLY) 7. (SOUNDBITE) (English) KEN BATES INTERVIEWED BY CHELSEA'S OWN TV CHANNEL SAYING: "We're looking to a 200 million pounds investment. He's bought 51% of Chelsea Village which (means) he owns everything around here. He is bidding for the rest at 35 pence, the same for everybody. That's 60 million pounds. He is clearing the short term debts we have which is about 30 million which mostly are delayed payments on players who were bought a couple of years ago and the chickens have come roost when the transfer market collapsed last summer. We have no problem with the bond now, 75 million, piece of cake, and then he is putting more money in to improve the team and buy new players." LONDON, UK (FILE 2002) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 8. CHELSEA DUTCH STRIKER JIMMY FLOYD HASSELBAINK WALKING TO TRAINING 9. CHELSEQA COACH CALUDIO RAINIERI AND ENGLAND INTERNATIONA MIDFIELDER FRANK LAMPARD 10. FRENCH VETERAN DEFENDER MARCEL DEASILLY LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM (JULY 2, 2003) (CHELSEA TV - SCHEDULED NEWS ONLY) 11. (SOUNDBITE) (English) KEN BATES INTERVIEWED BY CHELSEA'S OWN TV CHANNEL SAYING: "If you think about Chelsea, we have two problems. First, because we got rid of Morris (Jordi) and (Enrique) de Lucas, we are weak in midfield but in the next season we are likely to lose (Marcel) Desaily, (Emmanuel) Petit, we lost (Gianfranco) Zola, sooner or later, (Jimmy Floyd) Hasselbaink is at the end of his career and Graeme Le Saux is going 35. We have two phases, now and next summer -- and what they are doing? Thery're talking about next summer now." CHUKOTKA REGION, RUSSIA (FILE) (RTR -- NO ACCESS CIS / INTERNET) 12. ABRAMOVICH TAKING OATH OF OFFICE TO BECOME GOVERNOR OF CHUKOTKA LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM (JULY 2, 2003) (CHELSEA TV - SCHEDULED NEWS ONLY) 13. (SOUNDBITE) (English) KEN BATES INTERVIEWED BY CHELSEA'S OWN TV CHANNEL SAYING: "There are 20,000 Russian expatriates working in London. So, I can see a quite large uptaking of Chelsea's club, nightcluib, use of the hotel when they come... and there will a lot of Russian ticket holders at Chelsea next season." CHUKOTKA REGION, RUSSIA (FILE) (RTR -- NO ACCESS CIS / INTERNET) 14. ABRAMOVICH WALKING THROUGH SNOWIN WINTER PARKA AND SUNGLASSES Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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