Didier Drogba's extra-time slap on Nemanja Vidic, a show of petulance that condemned John Terry to taking the ill-fated penalty that would have won the Champions League, is likely to prove his last act in a Chelsea shirt. The club have grown weary of his increasing temper tantrums in recent months, from his unseemly row with Michael Ballack over a free kick in the Barclays Premier League win over Manchester United to his repeated complaints about Chelsea in the French media, and are ready to cash in if they receive a suitable offer this summer.

Drogba's desire to leave has appeared somewhat reduced recently, with the 30-year-old claiming that he is happy in London, but he may even be sold against his will. AC Milan, Inter Milan, Barcelona and Real Madrid have expressed interest in a player who is one of the world's most formidable strikers when in the right frame of mind, though that cannot be guaranteed. The Ivory Coast forward has already been fined for claiming that he wants to leave this season and will be docked two weeks' wages for his indiscipline against Manchester United in Moscow.

Terry could also be censured after unconfirmed claims that he spat at Carlos Tévez during the 19-man mêlée that culminated in Drogba's red card. The Chelsea captain has denied the allegations and, with video evidence inconclusive, the matter is likely to come to nothing, though Uefa has the power to take action if it is mentioned in the referee's or match delegate's report and could give Terry a three-match ban from next season's competition. Tévez declined to comment yesterday, but is understood to have told friends and team-mates that he is certain that Terry spat at him.

“The procedure is that we must wait for the report from the referee and the Uefa delegate,” William Gaillard, Uefa's director of communications, said. “If the referee says that he saw the incident and that the player did not attempt to spit, that would be the end of the matter, but if he says he did not see the incident we will go back to the video images.

“If you look at the cases in Euro 2004, when there seemed to be an epidemic of spitting, two players, Francesco Totti from Italy and Alexander Frei from Switzerland, were banned for three matches.”