Claudio Ranieri

And after, no, after... At the beginning, at the beginning.

Now I knew at the beginning there was more money to spend and after Abramovich won, the club can go normal without putting a lot of money.

Look, I'm speaking about a long time ago when Roman bought the team.

I knew he watched some matches.

He loved football.

To watch and say, OK, I want to buy a team.

A team in England, possibly in the Champions League.

Unfortunately, we beat them.

You should mention that.

No, just because it was very, very important.

That match changed the life in Chelsea.

And when I arrived, if you remember well, he wanted Ericsson, not me.

And Ericsson was the manager of the England team.

And then, at the end, he said, OK, Claudio, follow your job.

and tell me which kind of a player do you want.

And we start to buy somebody, but that was July, and it was very, very difficult to buy some right players.

I want two, Lampard and Carrick.

I wanted to boat the central midfielders, but it wasn't possible.

And when I played against West Ham, I was worried about Lampard because he had a very good timing to arrive without the ball, and they are dangerous players, you know, because everybody is watching the ball.

But he arrived every time without the ball.