Goalkeeper
Petr Cech will meet with Chelsea officials today to discuss his desire to
leave the club.
Cech would like to join Arsenal, but the Premier League champions are
reluctant to let him move there unless they receive a home-grown player as
part of the deal.
PSG are also interested and Chelsea would prefer to sell to the French
champions for a fee of around £11m. Cech, who has been at Chelsea for 11
seasons and has a year left on his contract, would rather remain in London,
where his family is settled.
The 33-year-old returns to London to meet Chelsea with his representatives
after playing in the Czech Republic's 2-1 defeat in their European Qualifier
against Iceland
Cech spent last season as second choice to Thibaut Courtois and featured in
just seven Premier League games - it was the first time he has not been No 1
at Stamford Bridge.
The four-time Premier League winner has made over 500 appearances for
Chelsea since joining in the summer of 2004 from Rennes for £7m.
His performances helped Chelsea win the title in Jose Mourinho's first
season as manager - they also won the league the following season but Cech
missed three months of the 2006-07 season after fracturing his skull against
Reading.
Cech has no memory of the incident and he has worn a protective skull cap
ever since his return from the injury.
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