Ankle problem rules Drogba out of Newcastle game

Guus Hiddink will have to make do without Didier Drogba and Jose Bosingwa when Chelsea take on Newcastle tomorrow but Nicolas Anelka returns
  
  

Didier Drogba could be staying at Stamford Bridge next season
Didier Drogba will be fit to face Liverpool in the Champions League next week. Photograph: Ian Kington/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Ian Kington/AFP/Getty Images

Guus Hiddink will have to make do without Didier Drogba when the Chelsea manager sends out his side to face Alan Shearer's Newcastle United at St James' Park tomorrow, but the striker will be fit to face Liverpool in the Champions League quarter-final on Wednesday.

Hiddink revealed that Drogba, who has scored four goals in his last seven games for Chelsea, jarred an ankle while training and will miss the encounter against relegation-endangered Newcastle. Jose Bosingwa also misses out after sustaining a hamstring problem while on international duty with Portugal. Bosingwa's compatriot, Ricardo Carvalho, also suffered a minor problem but the centre-back is expected to recover in time.

"Not everyone came back fit," said Hiddink. "Bosingwa got a hamstring injury and will not be available for tomorrow's game. We will see what he can do up to Wednesday. Carvalho has a little bruise but not much, he is in the squad. I forgot as well, yesterday – I am not a man of secrets – Drogba has a problem. We did some exercises where he got injured, he will not be in the squad tomorrow, [he has] a little bit of problem.

"The problem is in the ankle, we did some shooting practice and he hit the ground with his toe and the reaction was in his ankle. Anelka is fit. He practised the last days better and better so he is in the squad."

 

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