Have to agree, I don't think it was ever a realistic option outside of tabloid talk and the internet. As it is Abramovich is doing what Denis O'Brien is doing with Trap except he's paying pretty much all his wages. No way could we have matched what was on offer from Russia had we waited without a benefactor stepping at at that stage and I don't think O'Brien was considering it back then. Hiddink also had a billionaire Aussie paying a good part of his wages when he was in charge there so he's used to a very hefty salary.
Funny enough, I doubt that the Russian Joe Duffy's (Joesf Duffski anyone?) radio talk show was buzzing with people ringing in bitching about the Russian Football Federation allowing someone to contribute to their managers salary when he was appointed.....
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