Chinese club Shanghai Shenhua are confident of securing a move for Didier Drogba, who yesterday confirmed he was leaving Chelsea.

Chelsea and Didier Drogba will announce the striker's departure in the next few days, with both sides reconciled to the fact after Saturday's Champions League final.

Chelsea and Didier Drogba will announce the striker's departure in the next few days, with both sides reconciled to the fact that a parting of the ways after Saturday's victorious Champions League final is now inevitable.

Didier Drogba's recent heroics will convince Chelsea to bow to his contract demands, according to the striker's agent.

Nicolas Anelka has been added to the Shanghai Shenhua coaching staff to help struggling manager Jean Tigana.

Chelsea striker Didier Drogba says he wants to stay at Stamford Bridge despite rumours of a move to China.

Andre Villas-Boas has created a "family" atmosphere at Chelsea, according to Juan Mata, settling one of the Premier League's most fractious dressing rooms and helping every player at a club notoriously riven by factions feel as though they are involved.

Manager claims 'one that got away' would be in City's star-studded first team.

Andre Villas-Boas has identified Chelsea's long-serving goalkeeper Petr Cech as one of a number of players who would be allowed to leave Stamford Bridge at the end of this season as part of the comprehensive overhaul of the club's ageing squad the Portuguese has planned should he remain in place as manager next summer.

Nicolas Anelka has been told by Andre Villas-Boas that he is free to leave Stamford Bridge in January, as the Chelsea manager intends to recruit a striker as part of an accelerated revamp of his ageing squad. The 34-year-old Portuguese, under pressure following a run of three defeats in four games, hopes to make at least three signings in the winter transfer window to ensure his team qualify for next season's Champions League.

Ramadan offers a unique challenge as footballers train and play while their normal eating habits are suspended

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It says something for Chelsea's ruthlessness that Andre Villas-Boas is the eighth manager John Terry has worked under. Of the men who might now be England captain, Steven Gerrard, who made his Premier League debut in the same year, 1998, as Terry, has had half that number. Rio Ferdinand, who started his professional career two years earlier, has had three.

Yossi Benayoun and Fernando Torres were on the scoresheet as Chelsea opened their pre-season campaign with a 3-0 win over Wycombe last night.