Chelsea chairman Bruce Buck has thrown in the towel as The Blues lose steam on Ronaldinho Chase.

The official at Stamford Bridge was frank and truthful about his team's chances of signing Ronaldinho next season, and his response showed that not much hope was being entertained by the English side, after a hail of rumours and counter-rumors greeted the news of transfer surrounding the Brazilian in recent times. In latest reaction to the possibility of Ronnie moving to Chelsea FC, Bruce said:

I don't see it being likely that Ronaldinho will be here next year. Anything was a possibility and certainly there had been rumours and discussions of that, but I don't see it happening.

The main reason the Chairman gave was that:

We are looking to balance some losses at the club, and a player like Ronaldinho will blow up the already huge money spent in recent years on buying new players. We have to focus on less expensive players and hope they will become of great value to us in the future when we want to sell them.

However, the real reason Chelsea may not be continuing their chase for the Barca star is believed to be the outright refusal of FC Barcelona to sit down on the negotiation table with Chelsea FC for talks on a possible transfer of the Brazilian super star.

Ivorien national team star Toure Yaya has reportedly confirmed country mate Drogba's interest in FC Barcelona.

The news of Drogba's discontent with Chelsea FC and his rising interest to play in Spain is old news. However, the story has taken a different and more specific angle since the Chelsea FC big man indicated in a reported press statement that that he wanted to play for Barca. Since then, it's been a constant look in at Camp Nou as a flood of attention from the world press, especially from England has greeted Drogba's alleged confession of a secret admiration and fantasy with life and soccer at Camp Nou. Drogba's team mate in the Ivorien national team, Toure Yaya has now confirmed the interested and love struck Drogba is for real. Toure and Drogba have been having very close talks over the past week, as both are in the Ivorien national team camp for the African Nations Cup in Ghana. Now FC Barcelona player Toure reveals more details from their heart-to-heart discussions:

Drogba loves Barcelona very much and wants to play for the club. He has said this to me and I know he wants to come to Barca. We have spoken about Barcelona, and it all looks very good. Of course, it will be difficult, because Madrid and Milan are also after him. In my opinion, it would be very good if he were to join us, because we have lots of great players and he would be another one of them. He is a player with quality and one that can help the team.

The news of Drogba's imminent transfer out of Chelsea FC is expected to climax this summer. AC Milan, Real Madrid and Inter Milan are all thought to be interested in signing the top scorer at Stamford Bridge.

The last has not been heard of the bullish run by the Blues.

After Chelsea's talisman, Didier Drogba stirred the hornet's nest by suggesting he should move to FC Barcelona, the English media have taken over from the Ivorien and sold firstly Ronaldinho, then now Lionel Messi to the Stamford Bridge team in exchange for their top marksman, Drogba. A new entrant in the British press transfer market is now FIFA Best Player for 2008, Kaka of AC Milan. Lionel Messi is the second best player in the world as declared by an official FIFA vote last month, and the gifted left-footer is being coverted by many clubs including Chelsea FC. With a growing interest of Didier Drogba leaning toward FC Barcelona, there's mounting pressure on the officials at Camp Nou to take step toward realizing Drogba's dreams over the summer. No official word has been heard from the Catalan giants, but of course, a deal to sell Messi is non-negotiable, just as much as a deal to sell someone line creative Andres Iniesta who Chelsea also find very suitable for their campaign in 2008/09 season.

This wave of news, rumours and insinuation is a sure appetizer toward the forthcoming European transfer season in Summer this year!

With latest comments from Drogba about pairing Eto'o, the press are once again, awash with Ronaldinho transfer news.


The Brazilian has been in the centre of press-inspired rumours about a transfer away from FC Barcelona and to Chelsea FC after an attempted fix-up with AC Milan did not materialize. Now with the Ivorien goal king at Chelsea, Didier Drogba declaring for a partnership with FC Barcelona striker Samuel Eto'o, the rumour mills have churned out a possible swap deal between Chelsea and FC barcelona which will see Drogba head for FC Barcelona and Ronaldinho head for Chelsea FC. Neither Barca nor Chelsea have yet commented on this latest suggestion from the press, but it may look unlikely that the two clubs may hounour Drogba's wish. The Ivorien may need to be a litle more patient, as any move for him out of Stamford Bridge will have to occur during the summer.

Ronaldinho is still recovering from an injury while replanning his re-introductory strategy to the Barca squad, while Drogba is hoping to upstage Nigeria and Mali as well as host country Ghana and the likes of defending champions Egypt in the African Nations' Cup starting in four days time.

Chelsea FC striker Didier Drogba has made it open that he wants to leave the English Premeirship and play in Spain. Now the Ivorien has taken his desires another step further.

The Stamford Bridge hitman is away with his country Cote 'd Ivoire who are favourites to win the African Nations Cup taking place in Ghana. Drogba is interested in playing with Samuel Eto'o the player who he inherited the African Best Player Award from. The latest comments by Didier Drogba suggest that the Chelsea striker is madly in love with FC Barcelona, as the lion of Africa targets a date with the Blaugrana. Drogba hailed Eto'o and signified a dep desire to pair the Cameroonian striker in an unnamed clubside. Drogba said:

If any striker in the world were offered the chance to play next to Samuel, he’d tell you that would be inspirational. I love his style, he’s unbelievably quick and has a killer instinct in front of goal.

Eto'o had in the past, acknowledged that playing with Didier Drogba in the same team will be a great experience. With Drogba saying he wants to play in Spain, what's the next deal ?