Yuri Zhirkov tells Chelsea: Play me or I may have to leave

Published: 07 Sep 2010 - 14:46:26

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Yuri Zhirkov tells Chelsea: Play me or I may have to leave

Yuri Zhirkov will consider his future in January if he remains a bit-part player at Chelsea. Leaving the Bridge? Yuri Zhirkov is unhappy at only being a bit-part plsyer at Chelsea Zenit St Petersburg and Spartak Moscow are both monitoring the Russian, who saw his first season blighted by knee injuries after an £18million move to Stamford Bridge from CSKA Moscow last year. As a left winger or full back, he is behind Ashley Cole and Florent Malouda at Chelsea and he said: 'I'll certainly get a chance in the next few months and I'll try to use it completely. 'Then, in the winter, everything will probably depend on whether I got this chance and how I used it. 'We are currently in brilliant form and getting past Malouda and Cole is problematic. Everyone understands about the competition: once you are on the bench you can be there for a long time. But I will definitely get a chance. 'The thoughts when you are watching your team play are always the same: you support, worry and your soul wants to be on the pitch to help.' Before leaving CSKA, the 27-year-old was wary about ending up at a club where hewould be merely a squad player and Russia boss Dick Advocaat has concerns about players not playing regularly. Zhirkov admitted before moving to Chelsea that he marvelled at AC Milan and Barcelona rather than English football when he was a youngster, and he has named his newborn daughter Milan. But he joked: 'Now all I have to do is change my son's name to Milan and (AC Milan owner Silvio) Berlusconi will finally understand. I am joking, but all over the internet it will say that Zhirkov wants to go to AC Milan.' Chelsea duo John Terry and Frank Lampard could make weekend West Ham crunchLukaku snubs Chelsea and Liverpool by admitting he'd rather move to RealChelsea boss Ancelotti tells England fans: You should respect Capello!Amazing adventures of Ashley! Our look at England's galloping left-backCHELSEA FC