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Roman Abramovich: World
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Roman Abramovich clearly thinks he knows a lot about football — or is surrounded by people who think they do — but his transfer choices are often uninspired and out of date. He would be buying Ronaldinho on the back of a poor World Cup and a season during which his motivation and fitness for Barcelona were questioned.
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As for what lay behind his theatrics, there is a chance that Abramovich's decision to escape the sterile confines of his corporate box was simply born of the loneliness suffered by so many significant achievers. Think of the Team America: World Police puppet of Kim Jong-il, pacing the corridors of his evil lair singing, "I'm so ronery/ So ronery and sadry arone/ There's no one/ Just me onry/ Sitting on my rittle throne." Perhaps Abramovich feels the marionette North Korean dictator's pain. After all, what is the point of cocking up your football club if there is no one to share it with?
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The death of both of his parents when he was still a child meant that Abramovich was brought up by his uncle, who worked in the oil business in Siberia. After completing his military service he studied the oil industry and then started working as an oil trader in Omsk. When the Soviet Union collapsed in the early 1990s Abramovich saw an opportunity and made a fortune buying oil at official prices from Soviet oil companies and then selling it on the world market for US dollars.
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On 15 October 2006, the News of the World reported that Irina had hired two top UK divorce lawyers, following reports of Abramovich's close relationship with a 26-year old beauty called Daria Zhukova, the former girlfriend of tennis player Marat Safin. It was speculated that a future divorce settlement (amounting to a conjectured £5.5 billion) might be the highest ever on record. The Abramoviches replied that neither had consulted attorneys at that point.[29] However, they later divorced in Russia in March 2007, with a settlement reported as being $300 million.[30]
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If he does sell, Abramovich should emerge with more free cash. It will not guarantee that he keeps the crown for having the biggest private yacht in the world, but it will take a lot to dislodge him from being king of the sea.
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