Ex Chelsea boss Carlo Ancelotti has suggested The Blues’ will have to offload star striker Didier Drogba in order to get the best out of fifty million pound man Fernando Torres.

The Blues broke the British transfer record twelve months ago when they splashed out to land the Spanish hit-man from Premier League rivals Liverpool.

The striker has only managed to bag himself a pitiful five goals since his arrival, his last coming in October of last year. He has failed to form a successful partnership with teammate Didier Drogba and with the arrival of Andre Villas-Boas, Torres has saw himself take up a seat on the bench regularly as the manager has been favouring the Ivory Coast man to play in the lone-striker role for The Blues.

Drogba’s contract at Stamford Bridge is due to expire in the summer. He is currently at the African Cup of Nations representing Ivory Cost. His absence allows Torres a chance to shine. The Blues’ frontman started at the weekend against Sunderland and looked like the old Fernando Torres as he terrorised the Sunderland defence.

Ancolotti believes letting Drogba leave would help Torres build a platform to succeed at The Bridge.

“I don’t judge the work of a colleague,” Ancelotti told Gazzetta dello Sport.

“What I would say is training Chelsea, when the club is in the middle of a major generational change, is complicated.

“Take Torres and the crisis he has lived through there. I now know if you decide to invest strongly in him, you have to sell Drogba. “Didier is like Filippo Inzaghi was at AC Milan. He simply devours any competition.

“It’s not that he’s evil – nor was Inzaghi – it’s just the way they are.”

Should AVB sell Drogba and take the gamble that Torres will come good if given games? Ancelotti is a very experienced manager who knows what he’s talking about so his oppinion does carry some wieght.

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