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Delia says Norwich commitment remains; admits booing Chelsea fans

Norwich City's joint majority shareholder Delia Smith says she has no plans to leave.

In a wide-ranging interview with BBC Radio 4, the 80-year-old chef admitted she booed the Roman Abramovich chants during the Canaries' match against Chelsea and called the government's approach to visas "cold".

When asked given the club's situation if she ever thought about selling up, Delia made it clear she would remain at Norwich City - calling sport a "rollercoaster with more joy than pain".

She said: "No. No, I don't.

"We have to always remember that it's called sport.

"Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose and that's how it goes. It's a rollercoaster with more joy than pain."

Abramovich took over Chelsea in 2003 and his millions have helped propel Chelsea to become one of Europe's elite clubs.

Delia pointed to the Russian owner's takeover of Chelsea 19 years ago and said it "hadn't done football a lot of good".

She said: "If you have multi-million pound players not even playing in the game and sitting on the bench while you have clubs like ours who are self-funding, sport goes out the window.

"It's so unfair."

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