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The 33-year-old has clashed with Jose Mourinho and is keen on a move to China but is demanding a salary worth €10 million per season in order to join Marcello Lippi's side ...

The Ligue 1 giants could make a move for the Belgium international this summer as they aim to add some fresh blood to their squad ...

Chelsea are in advanced talks with the Ligue 1 champions to sell the centre-back, who has fallen down the pecking order under Jose Mourinho, ahead of the World Cup ...

The Belgian has spent the last three seasons on loan at Atletico Madrid but insists he is not seen as a stop-gap player by the fans or his team-mates at Vicente Calderon ...

A complicated situation has arisen at Chelsea this season. It's not often you get a big team with misfiring strikers; especially not all three of them. Unfortunately for Jose Mourinho, that has been the case this season. He's had to factor that into his decisions for the campaign which has seen him attract criticism, but he knows that his strikers aren't good enough to use them as the focal point...

As the domestic season is about to come to an end, with just a few more competitive matches left to play, thoughts have turned to next season for many domestic managers, players and fans alike. However, the world will come together over the summer for the biggest footballing event of all time; the World Cup. For the lucky few that get to fly out to Brazil they will be hoping they can impress the domestic...

The durable Australian goalkeeper hopes to agree another deal with the Blues but might have a new elite rival for a first-team berth next term ...

The feeling of being replaced is never a nice one, knowing that someone considers you to be a worse player than the one he's chosen. Often it can lead to that player leaving or occupying a seat on the bench every week. An ugly situation, but one which most players go through in their careers. ...

The Ligue 1 champions could be punished after their fans were accused of discriminatory conduct during a Champions League game in April ...

Sometimes you get a group of players that are so good at what they do, the fans and the club never want them to leave. Manchester United's treble winning squad and Arsenal's invincibles spring to mind when this topic is up for discussion. However, age and the modern game catches up with these players and they soon start drifting off into their own different directions. It's sad when this happens because...

It's always healthy to have competition in a team. Each player pushing the others to become better as they obviously want to tie down a consistent place in the starting line up. The flip side of this is that tension could be created in the ranks because if one player is in form then they're not likely to be benched and this would anger the alternative option who wants to play week-in-week-out....

At the start of the season most people expected Chelsea to be up there with the best due to the fact that the “special one”, as people refer to him nowadays, had returned to manage the club for a second time and vowed to bring Chelsea trophies this season....

The Portuguese was caught making disparaging remarks about the Cameroon striker in February and the 33-year-old has now hit back, while insisting that he is still physically fit ...

The Ligue 1 champions could be punished after their fans were accused of discriminatory conduct during a Champions League game in April ...

The end of an era for any player will bring much sadness for the himself and the club. Usually a reliable, consistent and hard-working man that adores the club. However, the club can't feel sad for too long as they have to move on and find a replacement for the next chapter in the Blues' story....

A player that ends up in a tussle between all the top clubs in Europe is likely to end up in an ugly situation as it will work out that the club who finally purchases the star will pay a ridiculous fee that will go down in the history books. Or it could mean that a team will spend the whole summer pursuing this man only to be let down at the last minute and end up not having enough time to sign someone...

No manager should take on more than two or three player projects at any one time. A player project is the manager focusing his attention on a particular player and showing a real interest in their future. Some managers are willing to engage in quite a few projects as they feel that youth is essential to the modern game. Some can handle that, but others really can't. For me, Jose Mourinho is good enough...

The former Arsenal defender recently retired from international duty after being omitted from England's World Cup squad and on Monday announced his intention to leave the Blues ...

World Cup squads for this year’s World Cup have been announced and it is finally beginning to feel like it is finally upon us. There is less than a month to go and now looks the time to start thinking about the odds for World Cup 2014. Here are some suggestions of where the winning […] ...

The demand one will receive after experiencing a fantastic season, where the player has demonstrated abilities that far exceed his age, will be very high. Big clubs from all around Europe will be readying their cheque-books for an enormous bid that is designed to fend off other interest. It can either play into the hands of the player's current employer or it can seriously damage them as a club. ...