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  • Drogba doubtful for Burnley trip

    Didier Drogba hopes to be fit for Chelsea’s opening game of the Premier League season after hobbling out of the victory over Ferencvaros.

    The striker, making his second appearance since rejoining the club, only played 29 minutes during Sunday’s friendly in Budapest before being substituted with an ankle injury.

    Without the Ivorian, Chelsea went to beat their Hungarian opponents 2-1 thanks to goals from midfield duo Ramires and Cesc Fabregas.

    Chelsea begin their league campaign with a trip to Burnley next Monday, but Drogba has suggested he may not be available as he awaits further news on his injury.

    “I twisted my ankle and I couldn’t continue,” he told the club’s official website.

    “In the next few days we are going to do some treatment and I hope everything will be better.”

    Drogba made a sensational return to Stamford Bridge last month after being released from his contract at Turkish club Galatasaray.

    During his first spell in England the Ivorian scored 157 goals in 341 appearances and collected three Premier League titles, four FA Cups and two League Cups.

  • Burnley want Ambrose!

    Burnley want Ambrose!

    The Clarets, Burnley FC, are looking to bring 25-year-old Celtic defender, Efe Ambrose to Turf Moor if media reports in the Mail on Sunday are true.

    He was part of the Nigeria team that reached the last 16 of the World Cup after which it seems clubs began to take note.

    Leicester and Crystal Palace were both linked with Ambrose earlier in the summer but their interest in the 6″3 defender now appears to have cooled according to the Mail, leaving the door open for the Clarets to step in and make an enquiry.

    Ambrose joined Scottish Premier League club, Celtic from Israeli Premier League club FC Ashdod on transfer deadline day in the summer of 2012, signing a three-year contract. He started his professional career at his hometown club of Kaduna United in Nigeria in 2006.

    Two years later, he was on loan at Bayelsa United for the 2008-09 season but remained with Kaduna United after helping them win promotion before joining FC Ashdod in June 2010.

    Full name, Efetobore Ambrose Emuobo and thankfully affectionately known as ‘Efe` he is quite versatile in the back four, able to play both at right back and centre back, so if the rumours are true he would give Sean Dyche options in defence.