Ballack offered to Chelsea and Real

CHELSEA chief executive Peter Kenyon has confirmed the club have been offered the chance to sign Bayern Munich midfielder Michael Ballack.

Kenyon told Bayern chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge that Ballack’s agent had approached the Premiership champions with a view to sounding out their interest in the 29-year-old German international.

Ballack’s future is now uncertain after Bayern withdrew their contract offer. The midfielder is out of contract at the end of the season but Manchester United have ruled themselves out of the running for his signature.