Chelsea's billionaire owner Roman Abramovich on Wednesday
dismissed media reports he will no longer spend heavily on players.
British media said this week that owner Abramovich was tightening
the purse strings and the change could force key players like Frank
Lampard and skipper John Terry to leave the Premier League
club.
'This is absolute nonsense,' said Abramovich, Russia's richest man
with an estimated $18.7 billion fortune according to Forbes
Magazine. 'Everything will remain the same. My relationship with
Chelsea has not changed and I wouldn't want to change anything,' he
told Ekho Moskvy radio station.
Abramovich has spent nearly £300million on player transfers since
buying Chelsea in 2003, including shelling out a British record
£30million for Ukraine striker Andriy Shevchenko.