Premier League - Ancelotti: Drogba staying put

Eurosport - Fri, 03 Jul 16:16:00 2009

New Chelsea manager Carlo Ancelotti has ruled out allowing striker Didier Drogba to leave.

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The Ivory Coast striker, handed a ban by UEFA following his outburst after the Champions League semi-final defeat to Barcelona, has been linked with a move to Internazionale and a reunion with former Blues boss Jose Mourinho.

However, Ancelotti insisted: "Now I have Drogba in my team and he will be staying."

He told Italian Radio Deejay: "I will not sell him to Mourinho."

Elsewhere, striker Andriy Shevchenko is reported to be considering an offer to join his old Ukrainian club Dynamo Kiev.

PA Sport

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  1. I have a feeling ancelloti will do well for­ chelsea.Keeping drogba is good decision from the­ current manager.Commom guys top clubs dont sell their­ best players and he happens to be one arguably the best­ striker in the premiership.Commom bring on real madrid­ to stamford bridge,and we will teach them a lesson.

    From joseph, on Mon 6 Jul 2:09AM

  2. when he is in good form he could be the one of the best­ striker in the world
    better then trannie torres
    but­ still not as good as rooney

    From reddevils_4life99, on Sun 5 Jul 11:16AM

  3. If wee want a good Midfielder and not so expensive,but­ I'm not sure wee cant sign him that midfielder is­ Stephen Ireland.He is thecnique he has a good shooting­ and he have evrithing to be the next frank Lampard

    From Timar Krisztian, on Sun 5 Jul 10:50AM

  4. maybe we should go for a quality striker like­ Owen,PMSL
    KTBFFH

    From marcia, on Sat 4 Jul 4:03PM

  5. Yes they need on,options pato,dzeko,aguero,villa but­ they all cost a lot,hope they still buy for abramovichs­ oil money

    From krister s, on Sat 4 Jul 2:52PM

  6. Yes The Blues need a quick, sharp, goal scorer like­ Villa.
    Bring back Jimmy Greaves.
    They also need a­ really creative midfielder in the Javi, Inesta mould.
    ­ Deco would have been brilliant 5/6 years ago.
    Some­ REAL pace up front would be an asset

    From RON K, on Sat 4 Jul 1:37PM

  7. We need Sergio Ageuro (but not at daft money!) and just­ a tad more creativity in mid field. When we lose the­ league it's down to a couple of things 1 Essien­ injured 2 Joe Cole injured 3 Drogba being stropy. If­ Roman wants it he can get it good replacements/backup­ for these players and its in the bag. I'd never­ sign pirlo this late in his career but talk of Ruud Van­ N going for 1.5mil wtf take him with both hands man­ city were willing to pay well over the odds for him at­ Jan (30mil I heard) he is proven and could link well­ with anelka. Kalu is a player we should keep his tally­ may not be huge but we always seem to need the goals­ these days. I woulda loved to see Kaka at the bridge­ but a good prospect would actually be steve davis at­ rangers a great player that I think could get in any­ top 4 team in a couple of seasons

    From dave, on Sat 4 Jul 11:27AM

  8. ofcourse.. Drogba is banned for 4 games.. so another­ quality striker is a must..

    From MJ, on Sat 4 Jul 11:03AM

  9. Absolutely, you can't rely on just Drogba, Anelka,­ Sturridge, and Kalou to win you trophies can you, you­ need more strikers, Dzeko would be a fantastic signing­ for Chelsea, their attacking force would be complete­ then.

    From The Dark Knight, on Sat 4 Jul 10:52AM

  10. Of couse we need another striker...... A great team­ needs 4 in the squad to able to mount a serious­ challenge on all fronts.... Chels for at east 3­ trophies this season.. Man U / Scousers for­ zero.........

    From nigerockett, on Sat 4 Jul 10:44AM

  11. To retain Drogba certainly is a bad news for our­ opponents.But we need to bring in 1 or 2 replacement­ for him n anelka as replacement for long term.

    From kok siong, on Sat 4 Jul 10:28AM
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    Not to mention he can't play in the Champs League­ :-)

    From optimus prime, on Fri 3 Jul 11:08PM

  13. Drog will stop trying in December because he­ doesn't want to be injured for the African cup,­ then 2 weeks training camp, 4 weeks of the tournament,­ 2 weeks holiday to recover plus any extras for­ injury.....
    I'm glad he's staying with Chel$ki!

    From optimus prime, on Fri 3 Jul 11:02PM

  14. when this guy is fit he is a threat to score every game­ he is in. of course everyone wants him out of england­ because they dont want him to torment their little­ defenders. drogs is back and he's hungry for goals

    From jbm118, on Fri 3 Jul 9:26PM

  15. Kudos to Ancelotti for retaining Drogba. The truth­ remains that Drogba is a threat to defenders at the­ EPL. No wonder, fans of Man Utd, Liverpool and Arsenal­ want to see his back at the Premiership. I am convinced­ that Drogba, baring any injuries, is going to be a hit­ in the upcoming season as he has always been. He is an­ integral member of Chelsea and therefore, have a strong­ part to play in Chelsea's bid to reclaim the PEL­ title. Sorry, to those useless contributors, who­ instead of commenting on the subject, choose to dwell­ on name calling. You should be disappointed as Drogba­ is going nowhere. Your teams should get prepared to be­ bashed by Chelsea, Drogba leading the way. Blues for­ ever

    From amaidunama, on Fri 3 Jul 7:39PM
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    Drogs is a dirty player and what happened in the­ Champions League was what he deserved after years of­ diving when people breath on him.

    From Mei, on Fri 3 Jul 5:38PM

  17. DROG,the tormentor. A strike defender fear to face.

    From dapfash, on Fri 3 Jul 5:30PM
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    Beware of the Drog - the diver!!!!!!!
    All eyes will on­ him.
    Thanks for the warning

    From 'Tunde, on Fri 3 Jul 5:07PM
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    DROGTURD IS A DISGRACE TO THE PREMIERSHIP

    From rafascrackingup, on Fri 3 Jul 4:56PM

  20. beware of the drog! the next golden boot winner

    From yip, on Fri 3 Jul 4:22PM
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