Blues poised to reward Branislav

ranislav Ivanovic looks set to land a new £60,000-a-week contract at Chelsea after his superb start to the season. 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.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.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