Soccer: Chelsea ‘may be better than 1994 AC Milan side’

FRANCE captain Marcel Desailly believes his Chelsea side may be better than the AC Milan team he helped to win the European Cup in 1994.

The 35-year-old central defender, back in the Chelsea squad after a six-week injury absence, said yesterday that the Milan side of a decade ago contained many more domestic players than the multi-national London side.

“The level is the same or maybe a little higher now at Chelsea,” Desailly said after his side’s final training session before tonight’s Champions League match against Sparta Prague.