John Terry

Squad Number: 26 Position: Defence Place of Birth: London, England Date Of Birth: 07/ 12/ 1980 Height: 6'1 Weight: 12st 12lbs This Season Appearances: 25(0) Goals: 2 Yellow Cards: 5 Red Cards: 1 Minutes on Pitch: 2245

John Terry

Petr Cech

Squad Number: 1 Position: Goal Place of Birth: Pitzen, Czech Republic Date Of Birth: 20/ 05/ 1982 Height: 6'6 Weight: 13st 10lbs This Season Appearances: 25(0) Goals: 0 Yellow Cards: 0 Red Cards: 0 Minutes on Pitch: 2250

Petr Cech

Arsenal 'must resist Arshavin'

Football Pools.com pundit Tony Cascarino has insisted that Arsene Wenger must resist the temptation to go for Russian playmaker Andrei Arshavin if he wants a chance of winning the title this season.

Cascarino believes that the Gunners need more physical players and told Football Pools.com that Arshavin is not the kind of player they should be buying.

ANDREI ARSHAVIN

"Arsenal need a central defender and a central midfielder and I think he's got to go after respected, top quality players, instead of always buying potential," he said.

"I think if he's ever going to get near challenging for the title again, he needs to have a few proven players in his team.

"I think it would be the wrong move to go for Andrei Arshavin, because Arsenal don't need that sort of player. They have too many that get the ball, run with it and play pretty football, and their problem is that they concede too many goals, with midfielders not being defenders and defenders not being defenders either.

"Going for flair players is not what Arsenal need. When I remember their line-up from when Wenger first took over, they had the back line of Dixon, Winterburn, Adams, Keown and Bould, they didn't have flair but they were rock solid and knew how to defend and how to do their job.

"I think he needs a couple of them in his team. He needs a midfielder who knows how to defend and a centre-half that is dominant and strong at the back."

Chelsea Slap Didier Drogba With £100k Fine

The Drog's footing at the Bridge has become even more precarious after he was sanctioned for his recent outburst...

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According to The Sun, Chelsea have fined their unsettled striker, Didier Drogba, £100,000 over his controversial comments in the press earlier this week.

The Ivory Coast star had revealed that he felt lonely and unmotivated after the death of his grandmother in the summer, and he blamed the club for offering no support during that difficult time.

But his fellow Blues expressed their distaste for Drogba's utterances in a team meeting the following day, with one accusing him of "talking b*******".

Furthermore, the 30-year-old was reminded that the club in fact organised a private jet to take him to his homeland after his grandmother's passing.

And now, after the players had their say, the higher-ups at Stamford Bridge - namely owner Roman Abramovich and chief executive Peter Kenyon - have demanded an explanation from Drogba and docked him a week's wages.

The former Olympique Marseille man's position in West London is fast becoming untenable, as several of his team-mates are thought to have requested that he be transferred in January.

This latest news will only increase speculation of Drogba's imminent departure, although there is no official word from Chelsea yet as to whether the player has actually been sanctioned.