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Didier Drogba and Michael Ballack give Chelsea a new fitness boost Michael Ballack reveals Chelsea stars held summit to end set-piece blunders Ballack says Chelsea must win titles if he is to stay Patience means prizes, claims confident Michael Ballack Our diamond will work, says Michael Ballack 'I got away with Evra foul', admits Michael Ballack Michael Ballack: We don't need any big buys to win title Barcelona fume as Michael Ballack vows to finish them off Michael Ballack is driven on by the fear of failure Rejuvenated Ballack times his run to perfection again Ballack is back and ready to bolster Chelsea England are warned over  Croatia win Wenger tips Ballack to inspire Germany to glory Ballack can take the lead for Phil Loyalties put aside as Ballack faces Scolari Ballack fights his corner Pole axing can't cut out Ballack's anguish Michael Ballack's vow to see out rest of his career at the Bridge Michael Ballack says Chelsea blew it in Istanbul

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Didier Drogba and Michael Ballack give Chelsea a new fitness boost

20.11.09
Chelsea have been lifted by the news that Michael Ballack and Didier Drogba are already back in light training and have a chance of playing against Wolves... more

Ashley Cole’s set to return as Chelsea overcome their injury crisis

17.11.09
Left-back is ready to face Wolves this weekend while Terry, Drogba and Ballack are also hoping to be fit... more

Michael Ballack reveals Chelsea stars held summit to end set-piece blunders

20.10.09
Michael Ballack has revealed Chelsea’s players have held crisis talks in a bid to sort out their poor defending at set-pieces... more

Ballack says Chelsea must win titles if he is to stay

29.09.09
Michael Ballack has hinted that this could be his last season at Chelsea if the club don't secure any major silverware this term... more

Patience means prizes, claims confident Michael Ballack

21.09.09
Michael Ballack has claimed Carlo Ancelotti's patient tactical approach has turned Chelsea into a deadly goal-scoring force... more

Liverpool slip-up has given us a lift, says Michael Ballack

01.09.09
Michael Ballack has said Chelsea have taken extra motivation from Liverpool's stuttering start to the season... more

Our diamond will work, says Michael Ballack

17.08.09
Chelsea's new diamond formation will come under further scrutiny against Sunderland but Germany captain Michael Ballack says it is up to the players to make it work... more

'I got away with Evra foul', admits Michael Ballack

10.08.09
Michael Ballack has confessed to fouling Patrice Evra in the build-up to Chelsea's controversial second goal in their Community Shield win over Manchester United... more

Michael Ballack: We don't need any big buys to win title

13.07.09
Michael Ballack is confident Chelsea will win their first Premier League title since 2006 next season even if they don't buy any more players in the summer... more

UEFA won't rush Chelsea decision

11.05.09
Football: UEFA says it won't rush into taking disciplinary action against Chelsea or stars Didier Drogba and Michael Ballack after their outburst toward the referee in Wednesday's Champions League semifinal against Barcelona ... more

Barcelona fume as Michael Ballack vows to finish them off

29.04.09
Football: Angry Barcelona players have accused Chelsea of adopting negative tactics... more

Michael Ballack is driven on by the fear of failure

16.04.09
Football: Michael Ballack has admitted the agony of finishing runners-up in three competitions last year is inspiring Chelsea's Treble bid this season... more

Low impressed by Ballack leadership

18.03.09
Football: Germany coach Joachim Low feels Chelsea midfielder Michael Ballack is maturing as a captain and has praised him for his attitude in last month's friendly defeat against Norway ... more

The language barrier not player power cost Scolari, says Ballack

17.02.09
Football: Michael Ballack believes Luiz Felipe Scolari's struggle with the English language played a big part in his failure to succeed at Chelsea... more

Rejuvenated Ballack times his run to perfection again

26.01.09
Michael Ballack's career has been built on good timing and the midfielder's return to form is set to boost Chelsea's and his own fortunes... more

We'll take anger out on Arsenal, says Michael Ballack

27.11.08
Michael Ballack urges Chelsea to bounce back from their Champions League woes by knocking Arsenal out of the title race... more

Michael Ballack: England's players have experience to reach major finals

18.11.08
Michael Ballack believes England are the great underachievers of international football and insists they should be trying to get to the final of every major tournament... more

Ballack is back and ready to bolster Chelsea

14.11.08
Michael Ballack is no stranger to coming back from injury just in time to help Chelsea out of a crisis... more

England are warned over Croatia win

10.10.08
Michael Ballack has told England not to get carried away by their stunning 4-1 victory over Croatia and believes they still have a lot to prove... more

Chelsea's German star Ballack marries the waitress who became his WAG (after ten years and three children)

15.07.08
After ending their Euro 2008 on the losing end to victorious Spain, Chelsea football star Michael Ballack finally has something to smile about as he married long-term girlfriend Simone Lambe.... more

Fabulous Fabregas sets up a capital clash

27.06.08
Gunner's cameo takes Spain to the final where he'll face a familiar foe in Michael Ballack... more

Wenger tips Ballack to inspire Germany to glory

25.06.08
Arsene Wenger believes Michael Ballack is the best player at Euro 2008 and will cap his exceptional tournament by lifting the trophy for Germany... more

Ballack can take the lead for Phil

20.06.08
He may have hurt Scolari as Germany dumped Portugal out of Euro 2008, but the new Chelsea boss has got a real gem in Michael Ballack... more

Loyalties put aside as Ballack faces Scolari

17.06.08
Germany captain wants to knock his new Chelsea boss Luiz Felipe Scolari out of Euro 2008... more

Ballack fights his corner

16.06.08
Michael Ballack remains supremely confident Germany will come through their unenviable test of nerve in Vienna... more

Pole axing can't cut out Ballack's anguish

09.06.08
Chelsea man is still suffering from a Champions League hangover despite helping Germany to perfect start... more

Kaiser Junior Ballack is ruling at last

28.04.08
Didier Drogba may have won the bat t le with Michael Ballack over who was going to take that freekick - let's just call it creative tension in the workplace - but it was the German who won the war.... more

Michael Ballack's vow to see out rest of his career at the Bridge

24.04.08
Michael Ballack reveals he wants to stay at Chelsea for the rest of his career... more

Midfield crisis threat to Chelsea Euro dream

18.04.08
Chelsea face losing stars for Champions League semi-final with Liverpool ... more

Michael Ballack says Chelsea blew it in Istanbul

03.04.08
Michael Ballack admits the Blues "just threw it away" in Istanbul... more

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