Roman Abramovich will celebrate 1,000 games since his Russian revolution with a particularly fitting occasion at Stamford Bridge on Sunday.
Chelsea boss Frank Lampard was a major part of Abramovich’s early success when he was a player and is now determined to bring back the glory days as manager.
Football’s hand of fate has also played a part because Jose Mourinho - the manager who began the club’s new era of success during two trophy-laden spells in charge - will be at the landmark occasion as Tottenham boss.
Russian billionaire Abramovich helped transform Chelsea but also English football when he arrived in 2003 but Lampard insists they were not able to simply buy success.
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