Chelsea will have gone another year without the Champions League in their trophy cabinet. In 2003 Roman Abramovich bought Chelsea F.C with the intention of winning the most prestigious club competition in the world, the UEFA Champions League. The club signed some of the best young talent in the world including, Petr Cech, Frank Lampard, Joe Cole, Ashley Cole and best of all Didier Drogba. It is often said those players came to the blues with one purpose, to win the Champions League. But now J.Cole has left and most of the other players in the squad are on the wrong side of 30.
Abramovich wants a younger fresher squad, a squad that can win the Champions League. Rumour has it that the Russian wants to offload some of the older players in the squad, John Terry, Didier Drogba and Frank Lampard. If those players were to become available I am sure that there would be many interested parties. However Tottenham boss Harry Redknapp could be interested in all three to help secure Champions League football at the Lane once again. It would not surprise me if Manchester City made a bid for Drogba and Terry. City have been linked with a move for Terry pretty much as soon as they were bought by Mansour Al Nahyan in 2008.
It is hard to say how much the players in question would cost, the prices for Lampard and Terry could be around £20m each while Drogba would be closer to £30m.
But no matter who goes where and how much they sell for there is sure to be fresh investment from Abramovich
Written by Thomas Munson
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