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Originally Posted by Dark_Mage
I'm sure I remember reading somewhere that if Chelsea hadn't qualified for the Champions League in 2003 then Abramovich wouldn't have bought them although I don't know how accurate that is.
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I believe it may have been in Frank Lampards Autobiography that the players were told before the game that if they failed to win the game the club would fall into liquidation as it was just the potential windfall from the Champions League that was keeping the banks from closing them down