THIS IS EXTRA TIME

It's not exactly been a secret that our favourite Jose fan-girls - Didi and Lamps included - have been itching to leave the Bridge since their one and only's departure leaked. The boys still have a Champions League final to play before the transfer season ridiculosity begins though. The fun's not over yet.

Blue-y odds and ends:

• You can now add trusty Carvalho to your list of wishy-washy Chels ballers: 'You have to be prepared for the team to change after the final because people go, people stay and people come in.' We hear you loud and clear, Carvie - 'Kinda, sorta. Maybe. A little. Ya'll know how it is, right?' No. No, we don't.
• Aside from spewing cryptic messages shrouded in not-so-mysterious mystery, Carvalho's also been talking up the boys' current BFF status: 'Everyone has known each other here for a long time and we enjoy each other’s company so we have to try to win this last game.' Aw, do it for old times' sake, boys.
• Cashley translates for our not-so-squishy readers: 'No-one remembers the losers.'
• Meanwhile, geriatric Blue and current Galaxy manager (how do you lose to the Whitecaps?) is tipping his former club for CL glory. Something about revenge.
• Makelele isn't thinking about revenge, he thinks they've got to win it for credibility's sake. You know, because if they win, then no one will ever, ever dismiss Chelsea as a rich man's plaything ever again.
• Ballack's sick of coming close. We actually have sympathy for him.
• The elbow is just fine according to JT: 'I have full range of movement. It is a little stiff when I wake up in the mornings but when the physios do a bit of work on it and I do some swimming, it frees right up.' Swimming, you say?
• We don't even need to read Didi's autobiog to know that the Didier/Jose man-tears are the best part.

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