Rummenigge slams Abramovich over spending

BAYERN MUNICH chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge has accused Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich of stifling the competitiveness of European football.

Rummenigge blames the Russian billionaire’s spending on players and sky-high television rights deals for opening up a gap, even among Europe’s top clubs.

In a separate attack, he opened up a split in the ranks of the G14 group of elite clubs by branding the English, Italian and Spanish members as “selfish”.