Sunday, 23 January 2011

Special One wants DD and other red-hot gossip

(23-01-2011) Jose Mourinho has targeted his former Chelsea star Didier Drogba to ease his striker crisis at Real Madrid. According to a report in the Sunday Mirror, the Special One’ wants to be reunited with 32- year-old Drogba after initial negotiations to recruit Manchester City’s Emmanuel Adebayor broke down. Chelsea, however, are said to be unwilling to trade the Ivorian, despite his miserable season. Elsewhere, Arsenal will let Russian striker Andrey Arshavin leave in the summer, with Chelsea a possible destination; Shaun Wright-Phillips is close to agreeing a move to Fulham; Sunderland manager Steve Bruce is set to land striker Roman Pavlyuchenko from Tottenham as a replacement for Darren Bent; and AC Milan striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic has told Manchester City's Mario Balotelli to forget about a move to the San Siro because the club’s already has enough ace marksman.