roman to stop buying players for chelsea?

[the wombats]

John Terry and Frank Lampard are set to leave Chelsea after Roman Abramovich's decision to stop pumping unlimited funds into the club.

The two England internationals have been told they will not be given parity in their pay packets with Andriy Shevchenko and Michael Ballack as they attempt to thrash out new deals.

And Abramovich has insisted he is not interested in remaining as the key decision maker at Stamford Bridge.

Jose Mourinho will stay as manager but Chelsea will not be ploughing vast fortunes into the transfer market, according to a report in The Sun.

The Russian owner has fallen out of love with the club and wants to spend more time abroad and with his new girlfriend Daria Zhukova.

And it is said that Chelsea's three signings this season will be on free transfers with Steve Sidwell having been snapped up from Reading.

Central defender Alex to join from PSV Eindhoven and Claudio Pizzaro being landed from Bayern Munich.

It is a far cry from the millions splashed out by Abramovich on top stars like Shevchenko and Shaun Wright-Phillips.

And it could spell long-term trouble for Chelsea as they may have to sell unsettled Lampard and Terry to generate further funds.

It also means they may struggle to keep up with the pace set by Manchester United while Liverpool and Arsenal will both be stronger next season with Spurs also making progress in their rear view mirror.

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this should be interesting to see how much chelsea now change....

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/liv...ORT&ICL=TOPART

[:Hazel]

too right. im glad though, the more money teams like that have the bigger the gap gets.

[summer]

Good move I think. I bet Sidwell will be a million times better than Ballack is for them. Maybe this is best for the club, who knows?

[Tom H]

Abramovich has stopped his game of splash the cash because he's seeing his bank balance eat away. Terry & Lampard want new contracts, I think lampard might leave, as much as people don't think that.

[gosling]

Great news for everyone. If Liverpool's yanks spend well (as expected), I can see them being United's main contenders next year (Alves, Eto'o, Tevez, Pedersen). Hopefully this marks the end of Chelsea's brief stint at the top?

[Hellspencer]

chelsea shouldnt even be top 4 they ised to finish around 8-5 until they got the money i hope they get no more money spent on them

[jamie-yuh-2k6]

John Terry wont move
Lampard might.

Man utd Have already Signed
anderson
nani and
owen hargreaves

Man utd will win it next yr agen

[Scouse]

byebye chelsea :eusa_clap

[jamie-yuh-2k6]

I Hope Chelsea Go Like Leeds =] Hehe

[Jamie!]

well, he was always going to stop spending at sometime..