Buck calls on FIFA to end ‘craziness’

CHELSEA chairman Bruce Buck has called on FIFA to deal with the “craziness” of the international calendar as the club prepare to lose four players to the African Nations Cup this month.

The Blues go into their opening game of 2008 with eight players on the treatment table, including Ivory Coast striker Didier Drogba, but with Mikel John Obi, Salomon Kalou and Michael Essien all fit.

These four, assuming Drogba recovers from his knee surgery in time, will head off to Ghana to play in the finals and leave Chelsea’s squad even more depleted.