Poor old Chelsea, nobody seems to want to play for them. [Read the rest of this entry »]

We’re now all aware of just how greedy Emmanuel Adebayor is, although surely that doesn’t extend leaving Arsenal to join [Read the rest of this entry »]

Emmanuel Adebayor is fast becoming the new Didier Drogba. [Read the rest of this entry »]

Fair play to Alvaro Arbeloa, who has pulled no punches when being asked about the Cristiano Ronaldo situation at Old Trafford. [Read the rest of this entry »]

John Terry might have captained Chelsea during the managerial years of Jose Mourinho, yet [Read the rest of this entry »]

The Gunners managed to head Milan off at the pass by slapping a hefty price tag on the head of Emmanuel Adebayor. However, there now appears to be another club in the running, where price might be less of an object. [Read the rest of this entry »]

If you believe everything you read, then Chelsea are going to play with 11 strikers come the start of the season. The latest player to be linked to Stamford Bridge is Cristiano Ronaldo. No, I don’t believe it either. [Read the rest of this entry »]

Kenwyne Jones may have only scored eight goals for the Black Cats last season, yet he was worth his weight in gold when it came to unsettling opposition defences and holding the ball up. Indeed, many have referred to the Sunderland forward as ‘the new Drogba’ which may be a touch premature and is also slightly offensive in that Jones doesn’t appear to have an attitude problem or link his future away from the Stadium of Light every other day. [Read the rest of this entry »]

There’s no doubt that Chelsea striker Didier Drogba is an attention whore. Whether it’s flailing on the pitch because the wind blew him over, or because he’s not getting enough “money love” from Roman, the Ivory Coast striker has to be in the spotlight.

Well, judging from the report coming from the Daily Mirror, Drogba looks to be getting his wish, as it appears that he holds the key to some of the biggest striker swaps in the world.

Drogba’s uncertain future has also put the brakes on moves involving Dimitar Berbatov, Karim Benzema, Samuel Eto’o and David Villa. Drogba, 30, is also wanted by Inter’s former Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho (below) and the Ivory Coast forward would love to hook up with his ex-manager again. (Daily Mirror)

Ac Milan boss Carlo Ancelotti’s preferred choice is Drogba and the Italians will wait on the Chelsea man until making moves for other strikers. (Daily Mirror)

Now take all of this information with a grain of salt, but the rumour coming from the Mirror is that Drogba’s move could trigger a £60m offer from Real Madrid for French striker Karim Benzema and Spurs striker Dimitar Berbatov. It would then cause Spurs to target Spanish ace David Villa or Real Zaragoza forwards Diego Milito and Sergio Garcia, while Man United would then chase Ajax’s £31.5m Dutch striker Klaas Jan Huntelaar after missing out on Berbatov.

Whew! Paper talk that makes your head hurt just thinking about it. So if you believe the Mirror — and I’m sure we all do — then it looks like Drogba’s move to Milan could start a striker avalanche (I’d love to know who has the time to think this stuff up).

Does anyone think that a striker merry-go-round could happen in our lifetime? Or is there a better chance of seeing Sir Alex coaching Dagenham & Redbridge with Malcolm Glazer as his lone striker?

You can wave a bucketload of cash in a player’s face, but they’re not always guaranteed to take the money and run as far as Chelsea are concerned. It is thought that the Blues’ top three targets this summer included Fernando Torres and Franck Ribery, although both have amazingly decided to stay with their clubs in a shock bout of loyalty, thus passing up the chance to join the most loveable club in Europe.

The Daily Telegraph report that Ribery is having none of the rumours linking him to Stamford Bridge. He declares himself happy at Bayern Munich, especially as the club have undergone a resurgence which sees them back in the Champions League next season.

With owner Roman Abramovich likely to make significant investment in the playing squad this summer, Ribery was among the possible targets, but has signalled a desire to see out his contract at Bayern Munich, which expires in 2011.

“I signed a four-year contract when I arrived at Bayern a year ago and there is a good chance I will fulfil it,” Ribery said. “I have so much fun at this club – it is like Marseille multiplied by 10.”

It now appears that Chelsea are chasing Kaka, offering up Didier Drogba in a potential swap deal with Milan. You can’t excuse them of not aiming high with their transfer targets, although will the cuddly figure of Peter Kenyon be left with egg on his face once again?

France international winger Franck Ribery has shunned the advances of moneybags Chelsea FC owner Roman Abramovich, in favour of staying with Bayern Munich. The French star said that he was having a spiffing time at Germany’s best club:

“I signed a four-year contract when I arrived at Bayern a year ago and there is a good chance I will fulfil it.
“I have so much fun at this club – it is like Marseille multiplied by 10.” (Telegraph)

Meanwhile, there are some crazy rumours suggesting that Chelsea’s Evil Emperor chief executive Peter Kenyon is swanning around Italy, busy trying to convince AC Milan to swap player of the year Kaka for moaner of the year Drogba. The Kings Road dilettantes must think that the Rossoneri were born yesterday – when in fact the majority of the Milan squad are older than Yoda…

There has been an almost constant stream of moans from Didier Drogba since Mourinho left, and it seems that the Moany One could finally be packing his bags after threatening to do so for ages. The Telegraph reports that the Ivorian could be heading to Ac Milan for £30 million.

The AC Milan vice-president Adriano Galliani yesterday claimed Chelsea had authorised them to open negotiations with the Ivorian, even though no fee has yet been agreed between the two clubs. However, while Milan are already in negotiations with representatives of Drogba, it is understood that Chelsea would sell him at the right price. (Telegraph)

At 30 years of age, the £30 million figure bandied around represents almost as much of a rip off as AC Milan’s sale of Andrei Shevchenko to the Stamford Bridge club for that amount. So Chelsea fans, is this good business (and does good business even come into it when you are owned by a billionaire), or would you prefer to keep Droggers?

Euro 2008, European Championships

Looks like Chelsea will be operating a transfer merry-go-round this summer, with Didier Drogba being shown a door marked “bugger off” and Barcelona’s Samuel Eto’o being number one on the club’s wishlist as a replacement. The non-thinking man’s paper The Sun reckons that Chelsea will lob £22million Barcelona’s way and offer the 27-year-old Cameroonian £110,000-a-week.

CHELSEA will slug it out with old boss Jose Mourinho for Barcelona striker Samuel Eto’o.

Blues are set to move for the Cameroon star after agreeing to sell Didier Drogba to Ac Milan for £18million.

But they face stiff competition from Mourinho and Inter Milan, who have also made Eto’o a top priority. (The Sun)

Eto’o definitely has the quality to replace Drogba and, like the Ivorian, he can throw a strop with the best of them. Looks like a good potential signing, if Chelsea can ward off the lurking interest of Jose Mourinho’s Inter Milan.

Is Michael Essien the most underrated player in the Premier League? He certainly deserves more of the credit for Chelsea’s recent success, compared to Didier Drogba, Frank Lampard and John Terry. The Ghanaian will hope that his being deployed as a right-back has come to an end, now that Bosingwa is on the scene, why else would he have signed a brand new deal at Stamford Bridge?

Sky Sports report that Blues fans will be relieved that speculated Interest from new Inter boss Jose Mourinho has come to nothing, and that one of their most important players will stay put.

“I will go back to Chelsea for the next season and expect to have a great season,” he said in the Sunday Mirror.

“We have shown as a club that we can handle disappointments, and I think we will be able to bounce back next season a better side.

“Most of the guys have gone on holidays and they will put the disappointment of the last season behind them.”

With Cristiano Ronaldo umming and aahing over a move to Real Madrid, Manchester United may no longer be a one-man band next season and they’d be considerably weaker as a result. Are Chelsea the favourites to win back the Premier League and perhaps even land the Champions League with their bottomless pot of cash?

There’s a pattern emerging here. Jose Mourinho leaves Chelsea, waits in the wilderness for a bit, then signs up for Inter. All of a sudden, speculation is rife that Lampard, Drogba, Essien, Cole, Terry and Cech (but not Sheva) could all be joining the arrogant loudmouth at his new club. Next thing, Mark Hughes is given permission to speak with Manchester City and, wait for it, the Daily Mirror put 2 + 2 together to come up with the below:

Once Hughes is installed as City boss, one of his first acts will be to try to persuade England midfielder Bentley and prolific goal-scorer Santa Cruz to move with him.

City tried to sign Santa Cruz last summer but were beaten to his capture by Blackburn, while £10m-rated Bentley has emerged as one of the country’s most impressive midfield talents.

Ten out of ten for predictability guys. Although it would be ironic if Hughes was to snare Bentley, especially as he has made recent utterances regarding the winger needing to honour his contract and be loyal to the club! If I were a Blackburn fan, I would be concerned by the news that Hughes is leaving and even more so if Rovers’ two best players jump off a potentially sinking ship.