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    Chelsea fearing loss of Drogba and Essien

    By Harry Harris, Football Correspondent

    Thursday, November 5, 2009

    While Sir Alex begins the mind games by building up Chelsea in the expectation of knocking them down, there is a real fear among the Geriacticos of the Bridge that their championship charge will be hurt more by the African Nations Cup than by Manchester United on Sunday. The Geriacticos, the Chelsea Pensioners with the oldest average age in the Premier League, will two of their irreplaceable stars to the tournament after the turn of the year - Didier Drogba and Michael Essien. The club will a ...

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