
According to the Daily Mail, the Catalan giants would have been willing to offer him a £103,000 per week pay-package, whereas his current weekly salary in west London stands at £84,000.
The Ivorian goal-machine looks to be getting increasingly ancy about his future, with his options diminishing by the day. Ronaldinho's arrival at AC Milan has effectively closed that door, while Barcelona could now very well be out of the picture as well.
That leaves a reunification with his mentor Jose Mourinho now at Inter as the only viable option for the 30-year-old, other than to stay true to Chelsea, with whom he still has remaining on his contract.
Blues boss Luiz Felipe Scolari has announced his intentions to keep hold of Drogba despite the Ivory Coast captain’s open flirations with several of Europe's other top clubs.