Gallas wants Chelsea exit
Chelsea defender William Gallas has asked for a move away from English football.
The French central defender announced his intention in an interview in today’s L’Equipe newspaper.
Gallas, 28, who joined Chelsea from Marseille in 2001, said: “My decision has been taken and is definitive: "I want to leave Chelsea.
“I want to experience another challenge.
“I’ve been with Chelsea for five years. I want to experience another league.”
Gallas has been frequently linked with a move to AC Milan and Serie A could well be his next port of call.
He has helped Chelsea win back-to-back Barclays Premiership titles and is one of the few players to have survived and flourished from the era before owner Roman Abramovich and manager Jose Mourinho arrived at Stamford Bridge.
“The directors of Milan are interested in me, and I am interested in the idea of going to play over there,” Gallas told the French newspaper.
He has one year left on his existing contract and insists in today’s interview that any move away from west London would be “not a question of money”.
