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So here are the Chelsea news updates on Thursday 30th September 2010 including: Drogba, Essien and Kalou amongst 17 players in the running for African Player of the year!

Chelsea on Saturday beat Wolverhampton Wanderers in an unspectacular but positive way. On paper a 2-0 win over Wolves looks slightly disappointing and the home support may have hoped for more but, in reality, it should be considered a very satisfying victory.

Wolves' performance from the beginning was strong and aggressive; the game had ‘potential slip-up' written all over it until Salomon Kalou scored yet another goal after coming on as a substitute.

The honors were great for the Mighty One on his return to the Stade Velodrome. His play, meanwhile like this damn team's was rubbish. Again.

Let's keep with the format from last recap. It just works, son. Devour it. Overlook it. Or do a Chelsea, and say 'whatever.

Chelsea have suffered another injury blow with the news that Jose Bosingwa will need a further operation on the knee injury that has kept him out for most of the season.
Bosingwa has been out of action since October and the news of further surgery required will mean he will also miss the this summers World Cup in South Africa for Portugal.

Cinco portugueses sagraram-se campeões de Inglaterra! Hilário, Bosingwa, Ricardo Carvalho, Paulo Ferreira e Deco. É obra. Com bastantes e graves lesões de praticamente todos eles ao longo da época, deram um contributo importante para este novo título dos azuis de Londres.

Jose Bosingwa the forgotten man at Chelsea should be returning to training at Cobham this week which is fantastic news for a player who has faced life on the sidelines since back in October 2009.
Bosingwa has been out with a knee injury and had been working his way back to fitness to play some part in the remainder of last season and the World Cup this past summer.

Hoje decorrerá pelas 11.00 horas da manhã, o treino oficial no Estádio D. Afonso Henriques, com vista ao jogo de amanhã. Ao contrário do que muitos pensam não será provavelmente um jogo fácil, não só pela evolução da equipa cipriota, lembremo-nos por exemplo do último Itália/Chipre, na anterior qualificação para o Mundial, em que ao intervalo venciam os italianos por 2/0, e só sofreram o terceiro golo aos 92 minutos.

So here's a question for you Chelsea fans. With the news that Jose Bosingwa is back in training and ready to feature once more in Carlo's thoughts for selection soon I was wondering if you thought he would be able to command his place back in the side?.
After all Ivanovic vary rarely has a poor game and if he has I would only recollect those games on one hand.

Jose Bosingwa fresh from making his first start of the season against Wolves at the weekend spoke to ChelseaTV this week and says he feels good to be back. He said:

"My knee now is okay, After the game against Aston Villa, I felt more confidence with my knee. I feel good and happy.

Carlo Ancelotti gave his pre-match press conference yesterday and confirmed that Florent Malouda, Jose Bosingwa and Frank Lampard will miss the game. He said:

'Malouda and Bosingwa are not available for tomorrow. Malouda has a problem on his ankle after a tackle in the last game, It's not a big problem but he won't be available for tomorrow.

Foto: Francisco Paraíso
Hoje começa o estágio da Selecção Nacional com vista ao jogo com a Espanha. Regressam alguns dos melhores jogadores portugueses após uma ausência de mais de um mês depois dos jogos com a Dinamarca e a Islândia, de qualificação para o Euro 2012. Praticamente, com excepção do regressado Bosingwa, são os mesmos jogadores da última dupla jornada de Outubro, embora em menor número.

3 points in 4 games is not what Chelsea supporters have come to expect in the past couple of years. This is not a pleasant moment to be a supporter of Chelsea but, although there are few positives to be taken from the last 3 weeks, it's not all bad news.

There are a lot of excuses which could be made for the recent away form.

It seems in the past few days that Bayern Munich have changed their minds after being linked with making a January move for Jose Bosingwa. Bayern have always expressed an interest in the player who has made a return from the long injury that forced him out of first team action for a substantial amount of time.