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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Sport
Dan Kilpatrick

Chelsea spending spree makes statement but transfer push comes with huge risks

Roman Abramovich may be gone but Chelsea’s reputation as English football’s big spenders is, for the time being, here to stay.

Sunday’s implosion at Leeds has seemingly only strengthened the determination of the club’s new owners to continue their splurge in the transfer market, which could come to resemble Abramovich’s own first summer at Stamford Bridge in 2003.

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