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Two of the Premier League’s wealthiest, Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich and Arsenal owner Alisher Usmanov have had their wealth drop drastically due to a decline in the Russian economy.




Arsenal fans will now be pondering the future of their club, after Usmanov posted losses of $809 million.

Usmanov is the Gunners' second biggest shareholder and he has now seen his net worth decimated to $13.4 billion in the past 48 hours.

Blues fans will also have cause for concern, as their owner, who has spent over £2 billion on the club in the past 10 years, was also hit hard.

Chelsea billionaire Abramovich has now seen his net worth drop to as low as $12.8 billion, after he suffered losses of $449.5 million.

 
Jose Mourinho claims he and Sir Bobby Robson came within inches of signing Thierry Henry while the pair were at Barcelona.




But after only a short time in Turin, Henry linked up with his former boss Arsene Wenger at Arsenal, going on to become one of English football's greatest ever strikers.

And while the Frenchman did eventually get his move to the Camp Nou in 2007, Mourinho revealed just how close he came to joining them more than a decade earlier.

The Chelsea boss told talkSPORT: "When I was an assistant in Barcelona with Mr (Bobby) Robson in 1996 (we tried to sign him). He was in Monaco and he went to Juventus, we lost him by an inch.

"After that he was not on my radar because it was never a possibility to come to my teams. Could you imagine in that moment leaving Arsenal to come to Chelsea? I wouldn't imagine that.

"He's the kind of player that you need forever, especially in the Premier League where he was more than any other place.

PAUL LAMBERT insists there’s no problem with his former Aston Villa assistant Roy Keane.

The Villa boss said he remains big pals with the controversial Irishman despite rumours that he left because of training round unrest and rows with players.
Keane is also alleged to have made a ‘visit’ to on-loan England midfielder Tom Cleverley over who had leaked tales from the training ground.
Lambert said he had spoken to the player this morning and there was no problem.
He had also spoken to Keane on the phone and remained firm friends with the outspoken former Manchester United legend.

     

Lambert said: “I think if Roy took a strand from his beard it would be a story.
“Roy’s a good pal of mine and there’s no problem. I spoke to Tom for probably three seconds.
“He assured me that things hadn’t happened in the way they have been portrayed.”
He added: “Tom assured me there’s no problem. He’s perfectly relaxed about it. It’s finished.”