Now the lead for these reports came from The Sun - which is normally enough to dismiss the story – trouble is, McGarry does have connections at the club (especially Lampard apparently) and doesn’t often get it wrong with regards to Chelsea. 

A £22million price tag is dangling from Drogba´s powerful neck – a respectable price for a 30 year old I suppose but take into account Milan would be getting one of the (if not THE) best striker in the world. 

Chelsea fans have had mixed views of the Ivorian hitman´s continuance at the club after having to put up with years of yo-yoing in the media on whether he wanted to stay or go.  However, recently Drogba appeared to announce that he didn’t want to go to Mourinho´s Inter, but he wished José good luck and that he had a contract at Chelsea – a statement which made many happy.

But NOW we’ve got this bombshell!  Not worth the paper it’s written on? Or is there something in it?  Have the club had enough of Drogba´s public histrionics?  Has this story been leaked by the club to The Sun to push Drogba into petulant mode and agree to a move? 

The good news is that Samuel Etoó is closer to a £18 million Chelsea move after rumoured meetings between Chelsea suits and the player in Paris whose demands for a  £160,000-a-week pay packet (I wonder how they fit all that into an envelope!) to be tempered down with a nice signing-on fee and loyalty bonuses.    

Florent Malouda is to be dangled as a carrot to help push the Etoó deal through.

I was hoping that we might see both Drogba AND Etoó at the bridge next season and also that we might give Malouda a chance to shine after possibly suffering from “foreign player first season” syndrome – then again, if Malouda is not required, then a replacement winger must already be lined up – Quaresma, Robinho??? 

Going to be an interesting week or two!

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