John Terry called on the Chelsea board yesterday to build on the club’s Barclays Premier League title triumph by making significant additions to their squad during the summer.

John Terry has warned Roman Abramovich that Chelsea must strengthen their squad this summer if they are to consolidate their position at the top of English football.

A couple of minutes before 7pm last night, Roman Abramovich made his way across the pitch at Stamford Bridge, struggling to circumvent the streamers and ticker-tape strewn across his path, and smiled to the few remaining Chelsea supporters in the East Stand before following the Premier League trophy to the dressing room.

Just before breaking into a primeval scream as he serenaded an ecstatic stadium yesterday evening Carlo Ancelotti praised his players for their efforts during a fantastic season, an understandable claim that tells only half the story. As the final league table indicates Chelsea have won the Premier League title by both an inch and a mile.

John Terry rubbed salt into Manchester United’s wounds last night by revealing his enjoyment at their misery at losing possession of the Barclays Premier League title.

Wayne Rooney gave Fabio Capello, the England manager, yet another World Cup scare yesterday when he suffered a recurrence of his groin injury on an afternoon when Chelsea beat Manchester United to the Barclays Premier League title.

Didier Drogba is as bright and generous as he is melodramatic and tempestuous. He is the striker you want on your team, and the player you love to hate.

Carlo Ancelotti, the Chelsea manager, thinks his team thoroughly deserved to win the Premier League title.

Catch up on all the action from the final day of the season as Chelsea won the title in resounding fashion.

They looked bound to govern for years. Chelsea’s 2006 championship was the second in succession won by Jose Mourinho in domineering style. It was clinched on an April day at Stamford Bridge that seemed vivid with symbolism. Chelsea cudgelled Manchester United 3-0 and with a few minutes left in the game, Mourinho rose from his dugout and strolled over to...

Carlo Ancelotti has identified Pato, the AC Milan striker, as his main transfer target for the summer. The Chelsea manager held a meeting with senior executives before the club’s player-of-the-year dinner on Thursday night and pinpointed the Brazilian as the player he would most like to add to his squad.

On a weekend when legitimacy is the hot topic of conversation all over the country, Carlo Ancelotti has no doubts about his right to lead from the front. Using apocalyptic language that suggests he is not cut out for a career in politics, the Chelsea manager claimed yesterday that it would be “a tragedy” if his side did not win...

Didier Drogba, the Chelsea striker, has admitted that the John Terry affair came close to costing his team the Barclays Premier League title this season.

An agent was talking, as they do, about interest in his client, an up-and-coming South American player. All the top clubs in Europe were swarming around him, he said: Barcelona, Real Madrid, Inter Milan, Chelsea, Manchester United — and Manchester City.

It is a good job that Sir Alex Ferguson was not at the DW Stadium. Had the Manchester United manager decided to spend his Bank Holiday watching Wigan Athletic, the team he is relying on to defeat Chelsea on the final day of the season, he might have conceded all hope of claiming the title for an unprecedented fourth successive...

Frank Lampard claimed yesterday that Chelsea have regained a swagger not seen at Stamford Bridge since the days of José Mourinho.