Congratulations to Chelsea on their Champions League victory last night. They're far from my favourite team and there's alot to dislike about the club but winning a competition like that and beating some top sides along the way is a great achievement. There was an inevitability about their win against the odds the same way in 2005 it just seemed like fate was conspiring to hand us the trophy. Enough about them though, what does their victory mean for us?
Well, I believe Chelsea winning the Champions League can have a few positive effects on Liverpool.
Firstly, after winning both the FA and the European Cups it will be very hard for Roman Abramovich to fire Roberto Di Matteo. As we've found out in the last few days there are very few, if any, top managers available at the moment and if Chelsea aren't looking for one it pushes us closer to the front of the queue in gaining the services of whoever FSG decide is our first choice.
Secondly it now relegates Spurs to the Europa League along with Newcastle and ourselves. Realistically we were never competing with Chelsea for players, their vast finances puts them in a league above us when it comes to salaries. But Tottenham are a club on a similar level to us at the moment and the fact they now can't offer Champions League football can only benefit us. Also in terms of the top sides they are probably the one we should target catching up with first and if players like Luka Modric and Gareth Bale decide their future lies elsewhere that can only enhance our chances of climbing the table next season.
And finally, after watching Bayern last night it's nice to know it's not only us who are capable of dominating teams at home and failing to win, it can happen to anybody.
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