Then the Ivorian hitman went on to talk about the sending off incident in Moscow;

"I am really disappointed with myself."

"I lost my head completely and I let the team down. I should not have reacted in that way.

"I let myself down, the Chelsea fans, my homeland - but that is life.

"I have now lost three finals. One Uefa Cup (with Marseille), an African Nations Cup and now the Champions League, but that is football.

"Hopefully I will win the next one."

I don’t include myself in those that are prepared to see the back of Drogba at Stamford Bridge.  Of course, he is petulant, a bit of a drama queen and at times, appears to have an ego the size of Africa BUT I would miss him greatly.

In my view, he’s the best centre-forward in the world and Didier Drogba the man, does have his softer, more humble side; He takes great interest in charity and is active in a lot of development work in his native Ivory Coast – something which receives little publicity (Yes, but what has that got to do with him on the pitch? - Ed).

How much Kenyon will be influenced by Drogba´s apparent desire to start again at Stamford Bridge may be another matter; Our chief executive has almost certainly been engaged in negotiations with both Milan and Inter over a series of players, that in some cases all three clubs are interested in and Drogba´s destiny may well be tied up in that.

Kenyon has been quite clever in pushing our forward more towards Milan than Inter and Inter is Drogba´s best option outside Chelsea - this may have more to do with Drogba´s wish to stay at Chelsea than we think?  Or has the Scolari factor perhaps caused a change of heart?

The effect of Drogba staying or going will have a chain reaction on the signing or not signing of various players for some of Europe’s top clubs.