Owner Roman Abramovich repeats rare trip to Chelsea training ground
Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich watched his club’s players train on Tuesday for the second time in a week.
The Russian billionaire is usually absent from the Blues’ Cobham base.
He is believed to have made his first trip of the season last week in the build-up to Sunday’s 3-3 Premier League draw with Manchester United.
Manager Andre Villas-Boas played down the significance of the latest visit: “Roman is always very interested in the running of events.”
Abramovich - who is reported to have lavished £1billion of his own fortune since he purchased the club in 2003  – first spent 30 minutes watching Villas-Boas put his players through their paces in the build-up to their clash with United on Saturday. He then chatted to the Portuguese for a further 20 minutes.
AXED BY ABRAMOVICH
- Claudio Ranieri – May, 2004
- Jose Mourinho – September, 2007
- Avram Grant – May, 2008
- Luiz Felipe Scolari – February, 2009
- Carlo Ancelotti – May, 2011
On Tuesday, he is believed to have spent half an hour speaking to Villas-Boas’ squad as he sought information about Sunday’s surrender from a 3-0 lead.
Chelsea have insisted their was nothing sinister in the timing of the trip just days after the disappointing stalemate.
Despite Abramovich’s cut-throat reputation for sacking managers – five have been dispensed with during his reign – Villas-Boas insisted the pair also discussed plans for next season.
He said: “We touched a little bit, of course, on next year’s project, but mainly on that [United] game.
“Roman is a very educated person to the cause of Chelsea football club and his aura is always present.”
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