An institution built and rebulit time and time again by masters of the football universe Sir Matt Busby and Sir Alex Ferguson
United are closing in on the 2008 Barclays Premier League with a 4-1 win against West Ham, Chelsea now have to beat Newcastle United to have any chance of staying in this dogfight with United and even that depends on the Red Devils losing to Wigan.
The final duel between these two clubs will be in Moscow for the Champions League final, at stake is not just the Champions League trophy, but also the the reputation of these clubs in the theatres of merchandisng and marketing. Add ex-CEO Peter Kenyon's defect to Moscow....sorry Ambramovich's Chelsea and you can see that I don't have to spell out the tense rivalry between these two clubs. This is not just about two clubs fighting for the ultimate prize in Europe but it is also all about the cold war betweeen between Malcom Glazer and Roman Ambramovich, USA and the allied forces against the Russians in Moscow.
With fighter aces like Rooney, Ronaldo, Tevez, Ballack, Drogba, etc this is one "war" "citizens" of the these two institutions just can't wait to watch. Add bombers like Essien, Ji sung, Makalele and Hargreaves this has all the trimmings of a match waiting to explode.
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