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I seem to have read somewhere that Arsenal's move to Highbury in the 1930's was paid for by a rich benefactor who bankrolled the stadium and the team. I also seem to remember Liverpool in the 1970's paying huge money for players bankrolled by the Moores family.

Sorry to be the bearer of bad tidings though. Abramovich isn't going to walk away. He's set up a £500 million trust fund so that if anything happens to him, the club will survive.