Chelsea boss Luiz Felipe Scolari has told Didier Drogba to buck up and show his commitment to the club. The Times says Drogba has frequently complained of being underpaid compared with the likes of Frank Lampard and John Terry but will get no sympathy from Scolari, who has told him that even Inter Milan will struggle to improve on his £98,000-a-week wages.

The Ivory Coast striker met an Inter official in London last week, but has been told that he must stay at Chelsea until the summer.