A selection of top sports stories from Wednesday's UK national newspapers, with Chelsea, Newcastle United, Manchester United, Liverpoool, Portsmouth, Tottenham Hotspur, Manchester City and Rangers in the headlines.
THE SUN: Didier Drogba has stunned Chelsea by revealing: My dream is to play for AC Milan... Also: Newcastle United stars Charles N'Zogbia and Abdoulaye Faye had to be dragged apart hours before the final game of the season at Everton.
DAILY EXPRESS: Didier Drogba has launched an astonishing attack on his Chelsea team-mates - branding them complacent and careless... Also: Lewis Hamilton's special status at McLaren and as a global celebrity is set to be recognised by a £10million contract with the Reebok sports company.
DAILY MAIL: Didier Drogba admits Manchester United deserve to be champions and has blamed Chelsea's failed campaign on "complacency and a lack of concentration"... Also: Tottenham are lining up a £10million deal for Manchester City goalkeeper Joe Hart - with Paul Robinson going in the opposite direction.
DAILY STAR: Didier Drogba last night launched an astonishing attack on his Chelsea team-mates... Also: Lee Trundle and Michael McIndoe fired Bristol City into a Wembley Championship play-off final a week next Saturday with a pair of extra-time rockets at an ecstatic Ashton Gate last night.
DAILY MIRROR: Sir Alex Ferguson has been backed to write Liverpool out of the record books... Also: Portsmouth goalkeeper David James still cringes whenever he sees pictures of his first FA Cup final.
THE TIMES: Chelsea expect next week's Champions League final to be Didier Drogba's last match for the club and have identified potential replacements. Also: All County Championship cricket matches would be trimmed back to three days under a plan to make room for an Indian Premier League-style Twenty20 competition, The Times has learnt.
THE GUARDIAN: Walter Smith last night urged his Rangers players to defy their underdog status one last time and, in doing so, become the first ever Scottish club to lift the UEFA Cup... Also: Later this week Peter Moores will celebrate the first anniversary of his maiden Test as England coach and today he felt sufficiently in situ to lay out a bold-sounding blueprint for a future that includes New Zealand in the short term but rather more testing challenges thereafter.
THE INDEPENDENT: Martin Johnson used to be rather good at the numbers game during his playing days - "You thump me once, I'll thump you twice" - but those doing the maths in respect of the new England manager's first shot at team selection must be scratching their heads in disbelief at the pace and scale of change... Also: The huge banner displayed at recent Rangers games screams: "This is your chance. This is your time. Become legends."
DAILY TELEGRAPH: New England coach Martin Johnson is facing his first major crisis since taking over at Twickenham with the country's leading players considering strike action in a row over pay... Also: As England prepare to pick their seam attack for tomorrow's first Test against New Zealand at Lord's, James Anderson has spoken with encouraging maturity about his habit of blowing hot and cold - often in successive matches.

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