Contract roundup: Ballack inks one-year extension

Chelsea and midfielder Michael Ballack agreed on a one-year contract extension Tuesday.

Hooway! Not really.

But I'm OK with this move. Ballack's 08-09 term was clipped by injuries at the start and, though he never really recovered to that imperious form he displayed at the end of the last campaign, he did prove vital in our late-season surge.