'Arrogant' Drogba hit by criticism

Didier Drogba has been slammed as an arrogant troublemaker by his former Marseilles strike partner.

The Ivory Coast striker is Chelsea's record buy at £24million but Dmitry Sychev, who played alongside him for Marseilles last season, believes he is not worth the money.

Sychev said: "I find it hard to believe Chelsea paid £24m for Drogba. I never saw anything very special about him as a player.

"I didn't think too much about him as a person, either, he's far too arrogant."

Meanwhile, Scott Parker has revealed that talks with Jose Mourinho has convinced him to stay. "It's helped alot," said Parker.