Terry will become a free agent at the end of the season after the Blues decided against offering him an extension to his current contract.
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“Ideally we have everyone and our strongest players available”.
“Let’s see with John”.
Edinson Cavani earned PSG victory in the first leg at Parc des Princes as the teams met in the Champions League for a third straight season.
Gary Cahill insisted Chelsea can feel upbeat about their chances of reaching the quarter-finals of the Champions League after their 2-1 first-leg loss to Paris St-Germain. Those pundits’ opinions won’t have changed much, following the 2-1 defeat at the hands of the French outfit in Paris on Tuesday evening. “Paris have a great team, great players, but we go there to try to win the game”, Brazilian winger Willian said. We know what we have got to do at home. I think the difference comes down to the players.
Chelsea’s away goal might have come sooner only for a Diego Costa header to be well saved by goalkeeper Kevin Trapp.
They have yet to conquer Europe, however, with one reason put forward being the difficulty in raising their performance levels from Ligue 1 to the Champions League. “We had Iva to play centre-back and Gaz [Cahill], who has not been playing for a while, and they did fantastically well”.
His ability to revitalise a squad that appeared alarmingly disconnected has been the feature and the results – while not overwhelmingly impressive – have followed to the point where Chelsea have rediscovered the hard edge that has, at the very least, made them tough to beat. While the likes of Edin Dzeko and Francesco Totti will probably nab a couple goals, Real’s Ronaldo, Benzema, Modric, Rodriguez, Bale, etc. will prove to be too big of a challenge. I expect them to get back to winning ways on Tuesday night and deliver a winning bet.
It is quite a list, but missing one significant club title: The Champions League.
Hiddink insisted Chelsea have prepared for the absence of key personnel and Ivanovic switching in-field from right-back was not unfamiliar.
Chelsea are confident of beating inconsistent City to continue their improved run of form, which has seen them go undefeated domestically since sacking manager Jose Mourinho in mid-December.
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The 35-year-old, who earned 78 worldwide caps for England between 2003 and 2012, has scored one goal in 29 appearances in all competitions for the defending league champions so far this season.
