LONDON — When you are a billionaire, you tend to get what you want.
Five years ago, Roman Abramovich wanted to bring Andriy Shevchencko to Chelsea and paid AC Milan £30 million for the privilege. Mission accomplished — even though the street parties in Milan after getting such a huge sum for a player past his best went on for weeks.
Abramovich tried to buy Fernando Torres last summer but the change of ownership and management at Liverpool put the move on hold.