From chelsea's official website:
Mourinho: Drogba has no chance to leave
Friday, May 19, 2006
José Mourinho has given an update on his thoughts on two strikers — Didier Drogba, who is reported in the media as desiring a move abroad, and Chelsea transfer target Andriy Shevchenko.
“The situation is that he [Drogba] has two more years of contract with Chelsea and he is one of the players we consider not negotiable, so he has no chance to leave.
“He has to play for Chelsea and if he plays with happiness then fantastic because we get the best of him. If he doesn’t play with happiness, he doesn’t play.”
The Chelsea manager revealed that he had not spoken to the player since the quotes and knew only what he had read. He reiterated that William Gallas was another player for whom a move away was ‘not negotiable’.
For the latest on Shevchenko, Mourinho likened the Ukrainian’s situation to that of Drogba.
“We would like to bring him but he is a Milan player. He has a long-term contract with Milan so Milan has the power in their hands like we have the power with Drogba.
“My feeling is that they don’t want to sell him and they will keep him. They are a big, big club so can say we don’t sell, we want to keep. That is my feeling but yes I like the player and I would like to have the player here.
“But a lot of teams would like to have Drogba and they can’t have him.
“That is the power of the clubs when players have contracts, unless they do what Ballack did and wait until the contract expires. Then they have complete freedom to go and in that aspect clubs can do nothing.”
Mourinho refused to be drawn on any other players linked with Chelsea.
“I cannot speak name by name,” he said. “Shevchenko is the exception because everybody knows between clubs there were some conversations.
“We want two more players of a high level and we want to improve our group of young players. If at the end of the holiday period we have two more players of a high level and we have two more players with potential, I would say perfect work.”
