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| Chelsea football club´s captain Frank Lampard. Chelsea chief executive Peter Kenyon expects Frank Lampard, Didier Drogba and Andriy Shevchenko to start the season at Stamford Bridge, and has reiterated the club´s interest in Robinho | |
KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) - Chelsea chief executive Peter Kenyon expects Frank Lampard, Didier Drogba and Andriy Shevchenko to start the season at Stamford Bridge, and has reiterated the club's interest in Robinho.
"There is a Chelsea position that we do not sell our best players. We don't want to and we don't need to," he told AFP Monday.
"We have always said, whatever happens, we want Frank to stay. He's still got one year left and we expect him to be in a Chelsea shirt next season.
"As for Didier, he has two years on his contract. There are always noises about Didier but the only reason he is not here is because of rehab because we want him 100 percent fit for next season.
"Sheva -- he's part of the squad of 23 and there's no one is that squad who is not contributing. Everyone we believe is capable of delivering the goods."
The Chelsea transfer rumour mill has gone into overdrive ahead of the new Premier League season, and according to British weekend reports they are now ready to meet Lampard's demand of a five-year contract extension.
This would be worth 150,000 pounds a week (300,000 dollars) to the 30-year-old England international in a blockbuster deal worth 39 million pounds.
The player and club have been involved in a year-long contractual stand-off, with Chelsea only prepared to extend the length of any deal to four years, sparking speculation that he could move to Inter Milan.
Meanwhile Drogba has said he wants his future sorted out as soon as possible after indicating he wanted to leave after falling out with former coach Jose Mourinho.
"As for my future at Chelsea, well I have a contract with the club that is clear. But my agents will have a meeting in London and then it will be known once and for all," he was quoted as saying in the Daily Mirror at the weekend.
The striker has been subject of interest from AC Milan and Barcelona.
Shevchenko has endured a miserable time since his move from AC Milan in 2006 and the Italian club would like to re-sign him, but new Chelsea coach Luiz Felipe Scolari is keen to offer him a fresh start.
Kenyon and Scolari have already brought in two new players -- Jose Boswingwa and Deco -- and Kenyon made clear they want one more and Real Madrid's Robinho is the target.
"We've stated that he is our target," he said.
"But for Madrid replacements are as big an issue as letting people go. They've made their position clear, if they can do a transaction it will be easier. We're still in discussions with them."
Kenyon added that the club was keen to play attractive football, as well as win trophies.
"The first objective was to improve the infrastructure and win trophies. It's what our fans want and we succeeded. But football's about entertainment and we want to play good football," he said.
"We want to be a team that wins in style and that's about the club growing up."
Chelsea romped past Chengdu Blades 7-0 on Saturday after thrashing Guangzhou Pharmaceutical last week in their first two games under Scolari.
They play a Malaysian XI in Kuala Lumpur on Tuesday and then head to Moscow for the Railways Cup.
"There is a Chelsea position that we do not sell our best players. We don't want to and we don't need to," he told AFP Monday.
"We have always said, whatever happens, we want Frank to stay. He's still got one year left and we expect him to be in a Chelsea shirt next season.
"As for Didier, he has two years on his contract. There are always noises about Didier but the only reason he is not here is because of rehab because we want him 100 percent fit for next season.
"Sheva -- he's part of the squad of 23 and there's no one is that squad who is not contributing. Everyone we believe is capable of delivering the goods."
The Chelsea transfer rumour mill has gone into overdrive ahead of the new Premier League season, and according to British weekend reports they are now ready to meet Lampard's demand of a five-year contract extension.
This would be worth 150,000 pounds a week (300,000 dollars) to the 30-year-old England international in a blockbuster deal worth 39 million pounds.
The player and club have been involved in a year-long contractual stand-off, with Chelsea only prepared to extend the length of any deal to four years, sparking speculation that he could move to Inter Milan.
Meanwhile Drogba has said he wants his future sorted out as soon as possible after indicating he wanted to leave after falling out with former coach Jose Mourinho.
"As for my future at Chelsea, well I have a contract with the club that is clear. But my agents will have a meeting in London and then it will be known once and for all," he was quoted as saying in the Daily Mirror at the weekend.
The striker has been subject of interest from AC Milan and Barcelona.
Shevchenko has endured a miserable time since his move from AC Milan in 2006 and the Italian club would like to re-sign him, but new Chelsea coach Luiz Felipe Scolari is keen to offer him a fresh start.
Kenyon and Scolari have already brought in two new players -- Jose Boswingwa and Deco -- and Kenyon made clear they want one more and Real Madrid's Robinho is the target.
"We've stated that he is our target," he said.
"But for Madrid replacements are as big an issue as letting people go. They've made their position clear, if they can do a transaction it will be easier. We're still in discussions with them."
Kenyon added that the club was keen to play attractive football, as well as win trophies.
"The first objective was to improve the infrastructure and win trophies. It's what our fans want and we succeeded. But football's about entertainment and we want to play good football," he said.
"We want to be a team that wins in style and that's about the club growing up."
Chelsea romped past Chengdu Blades 7-0 on Saturday after thrashing Guangzhou Pharmaceutical last week in their first two games under Scolari.
They play a Malaysian XI in Kuala Lumpur on Tuesday and then head to Moscow for the Railways Cup.
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