British tabloid The Daily Star claims that the first option of Chelsea forward and Ukrainian international Andriy Shevchenko (31) is to keep on playing at Chelsea next season.
Asked about the rumour linking the striker with a summer move to Barcelona (read more here), a friend of the player is quoted by the tabloid as saying that Shevchenko is already preparing for the start of the new season on Monday:
"Andriy definitely wants to stay at Chelsea and the rumours about a loan move to Barcelona I don’t think are true. He has come back a week early to work on his fitness. It is not because he isn’t fit since he kept in pretty good shape during the holiday. It is just because he wanted to get prepared for the new season under a new manager. Scolari, it seems, has said he wants to have a look at all of the players before making any decisions."
British tabloid The Sun meanwhile claims that the possibility of Shevchenko going on loan to Barcelona has been discussed by Chelsea officials. New Chelsea manager Luiz Felipe Scolari would be considering releasing the Ukrainian centre forward.
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