Ron Gourlay, the Chelsea chief executive, has revealed the Blues are still in talks with striker http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Didier-Drogba-c11044 regarding his future at the club.
A French source revealed earlier that the 34-year-old Ivory Coast international had decided to leave the club after failing to reach an agreement with them after months of ongoing talks. However, Gourlay has confirmed that the club is currently in talks
with Drogba.
Drogba’s existing contract is set to expire in the summer and the striker is expecting a two-year extension, while the club is only interested in giving him a one year contract. They have apparently not been able to reach an agreement as yet.
According to Gourlay, the talks with Drogba had been going on for months now. He also revealed that the player had made it clear that he wishes to remain with the London side since he loved Chelsea and his various achievements since he joined in 2004.
Gourlay revealed in an interview:
“Conversations with Didier have been going on for months and still are. He's made it clear he loves Chelsea and loves everything he's achieved at the club.”
Meanwhile, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Chelsea-c38786 had treated him. The Spaniard was referring to being left out of the starting line-up in the UEFA Champions League
final and then not being permitted to take a penalty in the penalty shoot-out.
The former http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Liverpool-c39809 striker claimed his treatment over the Champions League victory over Bayern Munich made his consider his future. He now wanted the club to tell him the future plans they had regarding him and admitted he was thinking of a move away.
Gourlay however, was not too concerned with the developments in the http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Fernando-c13609 Torres saga, claiming it was perfectly natural for players to want to play more. In fact, the chief executive claimed there would have been a problem had Torres not complained.
He said:
“Torres came on when we were behind and played a big part to help us win the Champions League. I'd be surprised if Fernando, who's been awesome, didn't want more time on the field, every player does.”
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