REVEALED: Abramovich has ploughed £1 BILLION into Chelsea

Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich has spent £1 BILLION of his fortune on the Blues.

Just hours before the transfer window shut and Andre Villas-Boas side played at Swansea, Chelsea picked a good day to bury bad news as they announced another huge financial loss.

The Stamford Bridge outfit happily trumpeted "record turnover" of £222.million for the year to the end of June 2011.

But the key figures were a loss of £67.7m, down slightly on the 2010 numbers but still meaning Abramovich has lost £630m since buying the club from Ken Bates in 2003.

When the decision of the Russian billionaire to convert £340m of loans into equity is taken into account, it means Abramovich has spent around £970m.

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Comments (6)

I think that Abramovic invested so much money in the team, but it is not enough..because it will not help him to win the championship this season.
Asigurari Ieftine

Well' u dnt gain evry time in bizness. Up bluezzz!!

"But the key figures were a loss of £67.7m"... So, if we didn't waste our cash on David Luiz and Fernando Torres, who cost us £74m, we'd have been £13m in profit.

Got to spend money to make money.