Ballack Not For Sale

Speculation about Ballack's future has been rife since he was left out of Chelsea's squad for the UEFA Champions League.

Real Madrid coach Bernd Schuster revealed this week that he had tried to sign Ballack over the summer, and added that 'the door was not closed' on a move for the German. However, Kenyon has told Europe's top clubs that Ballack will not be going anywhere when the transfer window reopens. "We should kill that one, not just for now but for January," said Kenyon.

"Any suggestion of a transfer in January is rubbish. That is just something that is not helpful to the player or the club and we should concentrate on the facts."

Peter Kenyon maintains that Ballack's ankle injury was the sole reason for his omission from the Champions League squad.

"There have been no discussions. The decision to leave Michael out of the squad is purely medical. "There is no confusion, absolutely no confusion. The situation is very clear, he's injured. He's been injured for close to five months and he's still injured."

Hmm, looks interesting. Ballack is not for sale but it does not make business sense nor is it good for the team spirit. With the internal bickering going on since last season that Ballack is not contributing much and yet he is getting the fat pay packages while poor Lampard is living on a shoe-string budget but he is the one pulling the team together; well, I seriously do not see Ballack staying on at Chelsea with much future.

He will be better off moving on to Real Madrid even if Chelsea put a stop to it as his team-mates are not supportive of him. Player politics can be a destructive force and no matter how good a player Ballack is, he is not immune to it.