Blues poised to reward Branislav

28 October 2010 13:07
ranislav Ivanovic looks set to land a new £60,000-a-week contract at Chelsea after his superb start to the season.[LNB] The Serbia international defender, 26, has started seven of the Blues' nine Premier League games so far in the campaign and has been an ever-present in Champions League Group F.[LNB]Since joining Chelsea from Lokomotiv Moscow on a three-and-a-half-year deal for a fee of around £9million in January 2008, he has become a key member of Carlo Ancelotti's squad.[LNB]Now the champions are said to be willing to hand the defender a 50 per cent pay rise, which would take his annual salary to around the £3million mark, on a new deal which would tie him to the club until summer 2014.

Source: Team_Talk