Kenyon rules out Drogba sale
01 Dec 2008 - 15:43:37
Chelsea chief executive Peter Kenyon insists there is no chance of Didier Drogba leaving Stamford Bridge in next month's transfer window.
Last week reports suggested the 30-year-old Ivory Coast international had met with representatives from Internazionale, fuelling speculation that Drogba was set to be reunited with former Blues boss Jose Mourinho in Milan.
However, Kenyon told BBC Sport: "Didier's under contract for the next 18 months. He will be going nowhere in January.
"Whether people leave Chelsea is as much down to us as anybody else. I don't know whether he did or he didn't (meet Inter representatives).
"But he's a big player for us and we want him back. He's one of those players who can make a difference."
Drogba is currently serving a three-match domestic ban following the violent conduct charge which followed his coin-throwing incident in a Carling Cup defeat to Burnley last month.
His season has been undermined by knee problems and the controversial striker was surprisingly omitted from the starting line-up for last week's 1-1 Champions League draw with Bordeaux.
Drogba admitted last week: "This has been the toughest six months of my career. But I've been through difficult moments before, so I know how to get myself out of these.
"It's been difficult, but I can't lose and I won't lose my happiness. It's not possible. That's what gives me the power on the pitch and the energy to score and to play.
"You always have to learn and I'm learning every day from different situations: from this coin situation, from the red card in the Champions League. I'm always learning."