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Gourlay: Chelsea is Indonesia's team

Chelsea chief Ron Gourlay says their visit to Indonesia was a big success.

Gourlay believes Jakarta's football fans are predominantly Chelsea supporters.

He told chelseafc.com: "I was given the heads up by the supporters club that they would be waiting outside the airport. What I didn't realise was it would be around 10,000 fans. They lined the road for a half-mile stretch from the runway to the main road of supporters. They promised that to me when I went there for a press conference in March, that they would give us the best support we've ever had in Asia and they didn't disappoint.

"It's fantastic. In Jakarta they support their international team but their club team is Chelsea and there were 80,000 Chelsea shirts. It was very nice to see."

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