Contract extension for Ballack – Drogba wants four year deal
By dixon9
May 9 2009
Michael Ballack has been handed a one-year extension to his current contract. One media source (Matt Hughes of The Times) described the offer by Chelsea FC as “defiant” in light of the recent “ugly scenes that marred Chelsea’s Champions League exit” (almost as if the club are sticking two fingers up at the media and in some way are spiting them!).
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Ballack has agreed terms with a continuation of his £121,000 a week deal which will see him remain at the Bridge until June 2010, however, the two-year deal he originally requested has been turned down on the grounds that the club want to wait until the new manager is appointed before committing themselves to any long-term deals for their older players.
The German captain now awaits to see what punishment UEFA will dish out after events at Stamford Bridge that saw our atrocious and blatantly referee inspired exit from the Champions League semi-final to UEFA favourites Barcelona.
Hughes goes on to claim that Didier Drogba, 31, wants a four-year deal and that the club are holding off on this. As far as I am aware, he wanted two years but if the Times claim is true, no doubt this is a bargaining ploy for three years.
Drogba will not receive any internal punishment for his role in the emotional protests at referee Ovrebo in the week despite media claims that Abramovich wanted to throw the book at him (no surprises there).
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Well,put it this way, I don´t have a problem with another year.
Or are you referring to him ducking the Iniesta shot?
"It is born out of hypocrisy and fundamental insecurity. There have been two kids on the block for the past 12 years. Suddenly, there is a third and that one is threatening to be more successful than the others and they don’t like it." P Kenyon.
My advice to Chelsea is don't waste your money and give it to someone more deserving and it wasn't till the other day that I realised it was Ballack who ducked out of the way of Iniesta's shot - for me thats the actions of a coward. Get rid I say.
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I´d give Drogba 2 more seasons on his contract.
"It is born out of hypocrisy and fundamental insecurity. There have been two kids on the block for the past 12 years. Suddenly, there is a third and that one is threatening to be more successful than the others and they don’t like it." P Kenyon.