It came as no surprise to me to see Special J ousted from the Abramovich toy box. Two principal reasons. 1. He is not Israeli and 2. He is not willing to be an AA (Abramovich acolyte).
Special J brought Chelsea unprecedented success.
Abramovich brought Chelsea unprecedented revulsion amongst football fans.
As that great revealer, the passage of time, will surely show. Special J will continue making valued contributions to the game while Abramovich will enjoy ever increasing revulsion amongst all (Non Israeli) football fans for diminishing the beautiful game in the way that his 'Money is everything no matter where it came from and what was done to get it' philosophy, unsurprisingly, promotes.
Michel Platini's views should be considered here. (See his letter to Gordon Brown of yesterday... google 'Platini letter Brown').
How Frank, Terry, Joe Cole and the rest who enjoyed Special J's ways so abundantly can bring themselves to take orders from a trained Israeli soldier (What is Avram's personal count of dead Palestinians one should wonder) whilst playing alongside another trained killer, Ben Sahar, will decide the future of both their reputations (outside of Israel), as well as Chelsea's.
As Special J considers his In-Box this morning, one can imagine Barcelona, LA Galaxy and any other number of major players in World Football lining up to court his services.
When Avram leaves it is unlikely that there will be interest beyond Tel Aviv Rangers.
And what of Abramovich and Chelsea?
Are the Chelsea fans really that dumb?
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