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Chelsea news - Essien hungry for success, Mourinho tried to sign Drogba, Bruma’s new deal
Thursday 02 September 2010
Every morning A Different League searches the nations press to bring you the latest goings on at Chelsea. Today:
 Essien hungry for success.
Chelsea’s Michael Essien believes his team could finally lift the Champions League this season. According to Sky Sports, the midfielder, who has started all the Blues games this season after two injury ravished years, declared: “As a player, you get the inner feeling that something big is around the corner and I feel the same way I felt last season when we won the double. However, I am sure we can go one further and add the big one - the UEFA Champions League trophy - to our collection of trophies. Everyone knows how much winning that will mean to us. As a team, we have won every domestic trophy and so it's only natural that we have the hunger for the European trophy.”
Mourinho tried to sign Drogba.
The Metro reports that Jose Mourinho tried to make a last minute attempt to sign Didier Drogba. The Real Madrid Coach is a big fan of the striker, having worked with him during his time as Chelsea manager and El Mundo Deportivo claims that Mourinho begged Florentino Perez to sanction a deal for the Ivorian, however, he was reluctant to do so. Drogba, therefore, has gone into Chelsea’s reduced 19-man matchday squad which was named yesterday. The squad features only four home-grown players: John Terry, Ashley Cole, Frank Lampard and Ross Turnbull. Carlo Ancelotti can, however, call upon unlimited players aged 21 or under, including Daniel Sturridge.
Bruma’s new deal.
According to ITV Sport, Jeffrey Bruma has signed a new four-year deal which will tie him to Chelsea until 2014. The 18-year-old has so far only made substitute appearances for the Blues but he has already been handed his full international debut by Holland. He has been sidelined in recent weeks after undergoing hernia surgery. The defender spoke to chelseafc.com about his new contract and stated: “I am very happy to stay here. I have been working to improve all the time I have been here. I have made my international debut already and that was the aim for two or three years' time. It has come so early, and when you reach your targets you obviously have to set new ones, so my new targets are to play as much as I can at Chelsea in the first team and get in the Dutch full squad again as soon as I am fit.”
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