BARCELONA: Chelsea will discuss a contract extension with Ivorian striker Didier Drogba after next week’s Champions League final, the Premier League club’s chief executive Ron Gourlay said on Thursday.
Speaking to reporters at the Spanish Formula One Grand Prix, Gourlay also said staying at the west London club’s current ground remained Chelsea’s preferred option despite a bid for the landmark Battersea Power Station site.
Gourlay was at Barcelona’s Circuit de Catalunya to launch the FA Cup winners’ new partnership with the Swiss-based Sauber team.
Asked about the future of Drogba, who has been at Chelsea for eight years and wants to stay despite being linked earlier this season with a move to China, Gourlay said talks were continuing.
“We have been discussing things with Didier,” he said. “Everybody knows he’s in the last year of his contract with Chelsea. Ongoing conversations have been held with Didier since January and before.
“Didier loves Chelsea football club, we all love him and we will continue to be in dialogue and we will discuss things after we finish the Champions League final next week.”
Drogba, 34, scored in Chelsea’s 2-1 Cup final win over Liverpool last weekend to become the first player to score in four finals. (Agencies)
