Didier Drogba to be sold to raise transfer funds (04.07.2008)
By Telegraph staff
Chelsea manager Luiz Felipe Scolari has told the club to sell Didier Drogba, according to the Sun newspaper.
The Sun says Chelsea want £22 million for Drogba, who has been tracked by Italian giants AC Milan.
Milan have made Arsenal striker Emmanuel Adebayor their top transfer target, but have been put off by the asking price of £35 million.
The paper also says that Scolari has offered French winger Florent Malouda to Barcelona as part of an £18 million bid for striker Samuel Eto`o.
Ronaldinho, Eto`s Barceloan team-mate, has expressed his interest in joining Chelsea but Scolari prefers the Cameroon international.
advertisementEto`o is understood to want a salary of £160,000 a week, but Chelsea are confident that signing-on fees and loyalty bonuses will reduce his wages.
Spanish sports daily says Drogba could be used
by Chelsea as a makeweight in a deal to lure Brazilian forward Robinho away from the Bernabeu.
When asked whether Drogba would welcome a move to Real, Pierre Frelot, the player`s agent, said: "Why not? Drogba is content because he is at a big club like Chelsea, but Real Madrid are also a big club".
Meanwhile, the Daily Star says Andry Shevchenko cut short his summer holiday in America to start training a week early.
The Ukraine international, who has been linked with a loan move to Barcelona, is keen to impress Scolari, who wants to take a good look at his squad before deciding if he wants to offload anyone.
A friend of Shevchenko told the Star: "Andriy definitely wants to stay at Chelsea, and the rumours about a loan move to Barcelona I don`t think are true."
