Chelsea's Pounds 150m Wage Bill has Bought Them Their Success ; Arsenal Boss Wenger Fumes: They Spent Pounds 40m More Than Us. It has to Be Stopped Special Report

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FOR once, after being unloved for so long, Chelsea's march towards the title has brought them more bouquets than brickbats. They have stayed together during the John Terry affair, made do without key men in Ashley Cole and, most importantly, Didier Drogba at crucial times of the season.

Carlo Ancelotti's side have responded to such doubtprovoking and disparate results as defeat at Wigan and against Jose Mourinho's Internazionale in the Champions League, by beating Manchester United and Arsenal twice and amassing goals galore thanks to maulings of Sunderland and Aston Villa.

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Chelsea's Pounds 150m Wage Bill has Bought Them Their Success ; Arsenal Boss Wenger Fumes: They Spent Pounds 40m More Than Us. It has to Be Stopped Special Report

One man remains distinctly unimpressed, however. In fact, Arsene Wenger thinks that Chelsea should be stopped from -- as he sees it - - buying titles, their third in six years.

Indeed, the Arsenal manager believes the game's governing bodies should legislate to prevent Chelsea spending the record...

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