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Chelsea's new star Andriy Shevchenko tells Caroline Graham about fleeing from Chernobyl with only the clothes on his back and how he became Britain's most expensive footballer
Should there be a world team of footballing golden boys, Andriy Shevchenko would surely take the captain's armband. He is the brightest new star in the stellar Chelsea line-up. His transfer fee from AC Milan Pounds 30 million is a new British record. He is handsome, married to supermodel Kristen Pazik, with whom he has a son, Jordan, and looks so effortlessly stylish in his European fashion shoots that it was a small leap for him to go into business by opening two Armani boutiques in his native Ukraine.See the full content of this document
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The Pounds 30 Million Man
None of these accolades, however, prevented him from shaking with nerves as he awaited his first moment in the spotlight. This was nothing to do with the undoubted pressure of living up to his Pounds 130,000a-week salary; nor was it the pre-match nerves of pulling on his new blue jersey alongside Chelsea stars Frank Lampard, Joe Cole and John Terry. Rather, Shevchenko was quaking at the prospect of ...
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