Abhishek Bachchan was a special invitee for the Chelsea v/s Barcelona to the invited to the game by Chelsea Football Club. He watched the game in the company of Peter Kenyon, CEO of Chelsea Football Club, England’s national coach Capello and Oscar nominated actor Clive Owen of The International and Closer fame, Carles Puyol – Barcelona Captain. Bachchan Jr. was also in fact the first one to be presented the new ‘jersey’ of Chelsea team.
It was Abhishek’s seventh trip and he flew to London just to watch the game and flew back to India the next day. However, he has been following the Premier League avidly on television back home. Abhishek is a self proclaimed Chelsea fan. In fact in Jhoom Barabar Jhoom his character Ricki Thukral was shown as one too.
Abhishek’s spokesperson, confirming the news told us, ‘Yes Abhishek was specially invited for the game. In fact the Chelsea Football Club does keep sending him invites for all their games. Abhishek always tries his best to catch their games lives as much as he can whenever he is not shooting.”
