Premier League - Drogba fit to face Wolves

Thu, 21 Oct 16:50:00 2010

Didier Drogba looks set to return to lead the Chelsea attack against struggling Wolves on Saturday, but Frank Lampard will have to wait a bit longer for his comeback - much to the frustration of the England midfielder.

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Ivory Coast international Drogba has missed the Blues' last two matches because of a virus but has now resumed full training ahead of the visit of Mick McCarthy's side, third bottom of the Premier League.

Lampard, though, is expected to need more recovery time following his hernia operation which has seen the 32-year-old out of action since August 28.

Assistant first-team coach Paul Clement confirmed: "The players who played in Moscow (on Tuesday) were given the day off. The substitutes and players recovering from injury or illness, like Didier Drogba, came in the afternoon and we had a good session with them. Didier looks good and he trained well."

Lampard, however, needs more rehabilitation time before he can be considered by Carlo Ancelotti.

Speaking to Chelsea TV, Clement continued: "Frank is progressing really well. He had a terrific session earlier in the week with (assistant fitness coach) Chris Jones doing some individual work, he's really pushing himself."

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  1. yes please get a hat trick!
    hope to see a couple­ players rested, mainly cole as he has played a lot­ recently. malouda as well maybe

    From Champions Of Europe, on Fri 22 Oct 21:41

  2. We are missing u greatly, we cant wait to have you back­ to countinue with our winning streak

    From PatrickE, on Fri 22 Oct 20:01

  3. haha sid you must be a gooner fan.. you are saying we­ dnt have history but you dnt have a future just like­ those liverfools

    From Drogba, on Fri 22 Oct 18:05

  4. Excellent comment Sid. You made a lot of sense. Are you­ sure you're a CFC fan??

    We all must agree that­ CFC is gutter-water without the rich russians­ money.

    Super Blue: You're getting senile methinks.

    From Mr. Villas Boas, on Fri 22 Oct 16:14

  5. So what else are we waiting for, lets pick up drogba as­ a our captain in a fantasy game, if not all of you will­ regret coz DD will score at least 2 goals...
    thumb­ up.....................

    From Haszran Adi, on Fri 22 Oct 16:12

  6. what is with eurosport and its noisy pages. for once­ allow the user to decide if they want to watch the­ videos or not.

    From Akins, on Fri 22 Oct 13:38

  7. sid...you talk some s.hite...................

    From THE REAL SUPER BLUE, on Fri 22 Oct 7:51

  8. well,drogba as always been there for us.thanks 4 his­ goal scoring prowess.seyi 4rm za

    From seyilismonline, on Fri 22 Oct 5:55
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    Now that rooney is available we can sell dogsbreath and­ anelka. They are just overpaid mercenaries­ anyway.
    If we can buy Torres in the january window we­ should be able to win a few more instead of drawing all­ the time.
    We will never have the history of arsenal but­ while the russian is here we might as well make hay­ while the sun shines. Buy now because if the­ money stops we will be just another team fighting­ against relegation.

    From Sid, on Fri 22 Oct 4:51

  10. Well come back D DROGBA we are missing you you will­ make it again come

    From wod pa Oyiki, on Fri 22 Oct 3:54

  11. naaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh­ h!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    bebe­ for united...................hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

    From susie, on Fri 22 Oct 3:25

  12. wolves will stick to the usual draw

    From Tony, on Fri 22 Oct 3:05

  13. AINT THAT GOOD NEWS!!! NOT

    From STEVEBULLISGOD, on Fri 22 Oct 0:40
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    woooooooow !!! welcome !!! bye bye anelka !!!

    From Siko Malkoun, on Fri 22 Oct 0:08

  15. yeah...get a hatrick drogba!!! lets chelsea be a­ champion again..

    From arul, on Fri 22 Oct 0:04
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