Shevchenko and the sad years at Chelsea (Part 3)

In 2003, when Abramovich began to own Chelsea, the same year AC Milan defeated Juventus to the Champions League in 2003. Sheva was the winner of the penalty shootout in the final final. The name of the striker Ukraine is famous worldwide, and Abramovich soon fascinated him.

After acquiring Chelsea, Abramovich began to upgrade the squad. He went to Milan to meet Inter’s board of directors, discussing a few players’ purchases. Coincidentally, the meeting was arranged at the Four Seasons Hotel, on the same day Sheva had an appointment to meet his partner to speak.

Just seeing Sheva at the hotel, Abramovich tried to meet right away. Sheva later told the Guardian : “I happened to have an appointment at the Four Seasons Hotel at the time Roman was there. And the person I met introduced me to Roman. Very frankly, he asked if I wanted to Chelsea shirt or not, and of course I refused. Because I’m happy at AC Milan. We have just won the Champions League. After five minutes of talking, I said goodbye. “

If Sheva thought the story stopped there, he obviously underestimated the wealthy boss of Chelsea. In May 2004, Abramovich and Chelsea CEO Peter Kenyon made an appointment to meet Milan Vice President Adriano Galliani. Although the two sides tried to justify it was just a common conversation, they all knew the main reason for the meeting. However, Sheva had just helped Milan win the scudetto, where he scored 24 goals in 32 games, and he still did not want to leave Serie A. In the same year, Sheva won the Golden Ball.

But the rich have the excellence of the rich. Although not yet won Sheva, Abramovich still won the hearts of Ukrainian strikers. By 2005, they were true friends, talking with each other more and more. On the eve of the 2005 Champions League final against Liverpool, when asked about Abramovich, Sheva said: “I really appreciate everything in Roman: the seriousness, the dedication, the way he tries to create Chelsea. I really spend give Roman great respect. “