Chelsea cool Berbatov talk
Avram Grant insists Chelsea are not considering a bid for Tottenham striker Dimitar Berbatov.
Reports in the English media on Friday claimed Tottenham were so concerned about Chelsea making a 26-million-pounds (51.3-million-dollars) offer for the Bulgarian that they phoned their London rivals to warn them off.
But Chelsea manager Grant is adamant Berbatov has not even been discussed as the club weigh up their transfer window targets.
"I can tell you there's no news on any of this speculation about players coming to Chelsea," Grant said. "How we can stay away from a player (Berbatov) when we have not even discussed him?
"Every week somebody is writing about players coming to us, or leaving us and then I have to comment on it.
"There is a lot of speculation but the situation is the same as it was two weeks ago, one week ago, three weeks ago."
Grant revealed Didier Drogba is back in training after knee surgery in December. However the Ivory Coast striker will be missing from Grant's squad until February if he proves his fitness because he has been called up by the Ivory Coast for the African Nations Cup.
"He has trained well. If he is fit he will join his team for the African Nations Cup," Grant confirmed.
The Israeli denied suggestions that Chelsea captain John Terry could be out for the rest of the season with a broken foot suffered against Arsenal last month.
"Nothing has changed in the last two or three weeks. There has been a lot of speculation but the situation is exactly the same as two weeks ago," Grant added.
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