From Russia with Love? Abramovich offers blank cheque for Ronaldinho.


Reports linking Chelsea's Russiian billionaire owner, Roman Abramovich to a personal involvment in getting Ronaldinho to Stamford Bridge has surfaced. It comes following meetings reported to have taken place twice over the past 2 days between the agent-brother of Gaucho Ronaldinho and the Russian billionaire. Ronnie's links with AC Milan have finally died down, and the fresh links with Chelsea is the latest to plague the transfer status of the FC Barcelona heartbeat. The report reads:

In the most audacious transfer business of his Chelsea tenure, the Russian billionaire spent the weekend entertaining Roberto de Assis Moreira, flying him in on his private jet and putting him up at the exclusive Lanesborough Hotel in Mayfair. Abramovich is desperate to see his Chelsea side play with more flair and adventure, not least after seeing them stutter to a 1-0 win against Portsmouth on Saturday, and would consider it money well spent for the 27-year-old, who has twice been named World Player of the Year.

FC Barcelona officials are expected to react very soon.