Fernando Torres<\/a> for a starting place.<\/span><\/p>\nThe Ivorian has been linked with a move to Galatasary after losing his place to the Spaniard last season, but has insisted he will stay and fight for his place.<\/span><\/p>\n\u201cI will definitely be here next season,” he said, according to the Telegraph.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n\u201cWe have started talking about a new contract and it\u2019s very interesting.<\/span><\/p>\n\u201cEverybody knows what I feel about Chelsea and what I want. I said a few years ago that I will be here until the end of my contract and I am here. I want to finish my career at Chelsea.”<\/span><\/p>\nNew Blues manager Andre Villas-Boas has already said his approach doesn\u2019t favour two strikers playing up front, but Drogba claimed he will not back down.<\/span><\/p>\nWhen was asked if he was in competition with Torries, the 33-year-old said: \u201cYes, I think so. That\u2019s the manager\u2019s choice but it\u2019s been like this for me for all my years before here.<\/span><\/p>\n\u201cI\u2019m 33, I\u2019m the oldest player and it feels strange but I\u2019m not worried. If I deserve to play then I will play. If I\u2019m not good then I won\u2019t.<\/span><\/p>\n\u201cThere\u2019s always competition in the team but you can\u2019t be the only striker. Even two years ago, there was still competition because I still had to perform.<\/span><\/p>\n\u201cIt was the same when Eidur Gudjohnsen, when Sheva Andrei Shevchenko was here and all of the other times. It\u2019s nothing new and it\u2019s good for the team to have some competition. It will push the team forward and get the best out of us.<\/span><\/p>\n\u201cFor me, it\u2019s not a problem,\u201d he added. \u201cIt\u2019s not a problem to play with him or without him. The most important thing is winning games together as a team.<\/span><\/p>\n\u201cI know what I did before and I\u2019m proud of it. The most exciting challenge is what is coming now.<\/span><\/p>\n\u201cDaniel Sturridge could have played before and Salomon Kalou. When I\u2019m on the pitch, competition or not, I need to perform.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\nMore here:
\nDidier Drogba: I will stay at Chelsea and battle with Fernando Torres for a starting place<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Chelsea striker Didier Drogba has refuted claims he will leave the club this season, and admitted he faces a battle with Fernando Torres for a starting place. The Ivorian has been linked with a move to Galatasary after losing his place to the Spaniard last season, but has insisted he will stay and fight for his place. \u201cI will definitely be here next season,” he said, according to the Telegraph. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-466434","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"\n
Didier Drogba: I will stay at Chelsea and battle with Fernando Torres for a starting place - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/07\/22\/didier-drogba-i-will-stay-at-chelsea-and-battle-with-fernando-torres-for-a-starting-place\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Didier Drogba: I will stay at Chelsea and battle with Fernando Torres for a starting place - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Chelsea striker Didier Drogba has refuted claims he will leave the club this season, and admitted he faces a battle with Fernando Torres for a starting place. The Ivorian has been linked with a move to Galatasary after losing his place to the Spaniard last season, but has insisted he will stay and fight for his place. \u201cI will definitely be here next season," he said, according to the Telegraph.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@ghanamma\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@ghanamma\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/07\/22\/didier-drogba-i-will-stay-at-chelsea-and-battle-with-fernando-torres-for-a-starting-place\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/07\/22\/didier-drogba-i-will-stay-at-chelsea-and-battle-with-fernando-torres-for-a-starting-place\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"\",\"@id\":\"\"},\"headline\":\"Didier Drogba: I will stay at Chelsea and battle with Fernando Torres for a starting place\",\"datePublished\":\"2011-07-22T22:50:00+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/07\/22\/didier-drogba-i-will-stay-at-chelsea-and-battle-with-fernando-torres-for-a-starting-place\/\"},\"wordCount\":405,\"commentCount\":0,\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/07\/22\/didier-drogba-i-will-stay-at-chelsea-and-battle-with-fernando-torres-for-a-starting-place\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/07\/22\/didier-drogba-i-will-stay-at-chelsea-and-battle-with-fernando-torres-for-a-starting-place\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/07\/22\/didier-drogba-i-will-stay-at-chelsea-and-battle-with-fernando-torres-for-a-starting-place\/\",\"name\":\"Didier Drogba: I will stay at Chelsea and battle with Fernando Torres for a starting place - Ghanamma.com\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2011-07-22T22:50:00+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/07\/22\/didier-drogba-i-will-stay-at-chelsea-and-battle-with-fernando-torres-for-a-starting-place\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/\",\"name\":\"Ghanamma.com\",\"description\":\"News In Ghana - Latest Ghana News Headlines\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Didier Drogba: I will stay at Chelsea and battle with Fernando Torres for a starting place - Ghanamma.com","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/07\/22\/didier-drogba-i-will-stay-at-chelsea-and-battle-with-fernando-torres-for-a-starting-place\/","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_title":"Didier Drogba: I will stay at Chelsea and battle with Fernando Torres for a starting place - Ghanamma.com","twitter_description":"Chelsea striker Didier Drogba has refuted claims he will leave the club this season, and admitted he faces a battle with Fernando Torres for a starting place. The Ivorian has been linked with a move to Galatasary after losing his place to the Spaniard last season, but has insisted he will stay and fight for his place. \u201cI will definitely be here next season,\" he said, according to the Telegraph.","twitter_creator":"@ghanamma","twitter_site":"@ghanamma","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/07\/22\/didier-drogba-i-will-stay-at-chelsea-and-battle-with-fernando-torres-for-a-starting-place\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/07\/22\/didier-drogba-i-will-stay-at-chelsea-and-battle-with-fernando-torres-for-a-starting-place\/"},"author":{"name":"","@id":""},"headline":"Didier Drogba: I will stay at Chelsea and battle with Fernando Torres for a starting place","datePublished":"2011-07-22T22:50:00+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/07\/22\/didier-drogba-i-will-stay-at-chelsea-and-battle-with-fernando-torres-for-a-starting-place\/"},"wordCount":405,"commentCount":0,"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/07\/22\/didier-drogba-i-will-stay-at-chelsea-and-battle-with-fernando-torres-for-a-starting-place\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/07\/22\/didier-drogba-i-will-stay-at-chelsea-and-battle-with-fernando-torres-for-a-starting-place\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/07\/22\/didier-drogba-i-will-stay-at-chelsea-and-battle-with-fernando-torres-for-a-starting-place\/","name":"Didier Drogba: I will stay at Chelsea and battle with Fernando Torres for a starting place - Ghanamma.com","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/#website"},"datePublished":"2011-07-22T22:50:00+00:00","author":{"@id":""},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/07\/22\/didier-drogba-i-will-stay-at-chelsea-and-battle-with-fernando-torres-for-a-starting-place\/"]}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/","name":"Ghanamma.com","description":"News In Ghana - Latest Ghana News Headlines","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/466434","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=466434"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/466434\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=466434"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=466434"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=466434"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}