He want to have his own football club because apparently he is quite passionate about football. At first, he wanted to buy a club in Russia, but no one looks promising enough to dominate in Europe. read more
Abramovich choose to bought Chelsea BUT in one condisition, they need to qualify for the Champions League, luckily they succed in securing the top 4 spot back then by beating Liverpool, the Chelsea winner goal over Liverpool at that time was dubbed "The 1 Billion Goal". read more
In June 2003, Abramovich became the owner of the companies that control Chelsea Football Club in West London. The previous owner of the club was Ken Bates, who went on to buy Leeds United. read more
Abramovich’s reasons for buying Chelsea remain opaque, given his secretive nature and given the publicity that buying a Premier League club was bound the get. But given that Abramovich has kept his fortune, whilst many of “Yeltsin’s Oligarchs” have lost theres, buying Chelsea perhaps made sense. read more