How do you get on with Chelsea chairman Roman Abramovich?
We get on well and we understand each other very well. He loves his friends, his family and his football and I’m here to make his dreams come true on the pitch. He invited me for a week’s holiday on his yacht, touring around the South of France and Sardinia. Life on a boat is fantastic but it still didn’t make me want to buy one. Much better to be the good friend of the owner of a boat! Have you been to any Championship games since you’ve been in England? Yes I went to Fulham and Charlton! Er no, I meant the next division down. No, I never have. If my scouts told me there was a special player there, I’d go; but otherwise, I have no need to. I just wondered whether you ever felt like dropping in to see your neighbours at QPR and slum it with the other half. I haven’t yet but tomorrow their reserve team plays ours so I might actually go. Your press conferences are always entertaining. Are you playing with the press out of boredom or do you genuinely enjoy the banter? I accept that it’s a
