Bruce Buck
Bruce Buck
Bruce M. Buck is an American lawyer and founding managing partner of the London office of law firm Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom. He is also Chairman of Chelsea Football Club. His practice areas are European mergers and acquisitions, project finance and capital markets...
seen spend transfer year
You have seen the transfer spend go down just in one year and you will see it keep going down,
athletics
(Worthy) is an athlete. We just have to find a place for him on the field.
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We are almost certainly going to appeal. We believe that attending the meeting (with Cole in January) did not go over the line... we think that the sanctions are totally disproportionate to the alleged sin.
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We are not overly happy but respect the decision made by the panel. We are not likely to appeal but would like to reserve the right to while waiting to hear the official reasoning from UEFA.
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The overall loss increase is, in the main, down to some exceptional items that were necessary in order to help us achieve our strategic business aim of break even by 2009-10. In simple terms, we have taken some pain now for long-term gain. He appreciates that this is a long-term strategy and he supports where we are and where we are going.
ball past teams three thrown
The past three weeks, teams haven't thrown the ball his way.
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I'm sure there'll be conversations about the tapping-up rule and let's see what develops. The rules could certainly be tweaked in this area.
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Even though I was a Chelsea fan, I didn't appreciate in 2003 that Chelsea was in particular financial difficulty. So it was an eye-opener for me when we were doing due diligence to see what the financial situation was.
action arsenal chose course pursue
We're very disappointed that Arsenal chose to pursue this course of action,
bit
It makes things a little bit harder, but we'll be okay.
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It was important to Roman when he bought the club that it was in the Champions League because he wanted to accomplish something immediately,
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Montel has great hands, great speed, good height, excellent jumping ability -- all the qualities you look for. He does a great job of going to the ball.
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We're not deliberately making it worse. I've read they move the ball mostly on the ground; we move it in the air. I'm not sure that's an accurate portrayal of a Chelsea system.
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I was sorry that Ken went off in a huff. I was just a fan in those days, with no aspirations other than for the team to win two or three in a row, and maybe knock off Liverpool or Arsenal in a cup game.