‘Roman Abramovich took me on his private jet – the women were unbelievable’
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Wayne Bridge has opened up on the time he was waited on by sexy stewardesses on former Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich's private jet.
The ex-Blues left-back, 43, was given a special flight back to London by Abramovich after he suffered a broken leg and broken ankle in a Premier League clash against Newcastle in February 2005.
Bridge had changed his boots from studs to blades before the game and his foot got stuck in the ground as Alan Shearer tackled him, which resulted in an eight-month lay off.
Appearing on the That Peter Crouch Podcast, his old England colleague joked it was worth it after he'd spoken about the "unbelievable" experience flying with Abramovich.
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Bridge recalled: "The funniest thing was Roman ended up picking me up after the game to fly me back home and I had obviously the laughing gas, or gas and air but I was laughing on it.
"He picked me, took me to the local hospital to see what was wrong, then he picked me up. Got a car, took me to the airport and then he picked me up on his plane which was unbelievable.
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"But oh my god, the women that were serving on there. My god! I remember Roman looked over to me and went 'don't seem too unhappy now do ya'."
Crouch couldn't help himself as he joked: "So wearing the blades was actually the best thing you did!"
Before Bridge continued: "The sofas in there, he had some kind of suede-y material around the outside, it was just so plush. And the food mate, the food was unreal.
"[I was] lying down, he's got a massive sofa, me lying down with my feet up. Women coming just serving food, like smoked salmon, might have even been oysters, there was all sorts on there."
Abramovich owned Chelsea from June 2003 until May 2022, when a Todd Boehly-led consortium bought him out after his assets had been frozen by the UK government amid his nation Russia's ongoing war in Ukraine.
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