Chelsea chief’s peace mission

CHELSEA chief executive Peter Kenyon emerged from peace talks with one of UEFA’s top officials yesterday insisting the club had many friends around Europe.

Kenyon, present for the Champions League draw which paired the runaway Premiership leaders with Bayern Munich in the quarter-finals and set up a potential all-English semi against Liverpool, met with UEFA chief executive Lars-Christer Olsson earlier in the day.

The London club had been widely condemned throughout the continent following their acrimonious victory over Barcelona and subsequent retirement of Swedish referee Anders Frisk, who was heavily criticised by Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho for his performance in the first leg of the last-16 tie.