Experience teaches a person to beware billionaires bearing gifts so you will have to forgive me if I do not buy into the narrative that Roman Abramovich, the pathfinder for the Premier League's mega-rich generation of club owners, is leaving Chelsea in a blizzard of generosity and philanthropy.
It has long been said that London is like the Wild West for the opportunities it offers to foreign investors and, now that the game is up for the allies of Vladimir Putin, Abramovich is getting his investments the hell out of Dodge as fast as oligarchically possible.
The idea of writing off £1.