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Chelsea reinvigorated by Carlo's way | Paul Hayward

Source: The Guardian

Nov 08, 2009

Summary

Just when Chelsea's power appeared to be waning, Carlo Ancelotti has restored the invincible aura of old.

Chelsea must appear to Manchester United as a Terminator rolling out from under a blazing oil tanker, shoving an eye back in and remounting its Harley Davidson with shotgun primed. The old aura of power and indestructibility is returning.

The Premier League leaders were ordered by their new chief executive last week to "shoot for the stars". But Roman Abramovich had to pay the stars first. Huge new contracts have been awarded to the team's glitterati to fuel the resurgence United face in London today.

The big push is on at Stamford Bridge. Abramovich's inner circle of long-servers can glimpse the end of their Chelsea days and a core of diehards have been financially doped to restore the club's hegemony, which ended with the second of José Mourinho's Premier League title wins in 2006. Peter Kenyon's promise to "turn the world blue" seemed all the more laughable as the English landscape went back to red.

In the past 12 months big new deals and contract extensio

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