Michael Ballack has reaffirmed his hopes to close his career at Chelsea.

"Of course I want to stay, I feel good and happy here," he told chelseafc.com. "I have won a lot of titles in my career, but also been second a lot of times.

"One side is a pleasure for me to play for such clubs that nearly every time finish in first or second position, I can't remember when I finished in third or fourth place,' Ballack reasoned, 'but then some people say it is a negative because everything is second.

"What I want is to finish first with Chelsea for sure, but you can't always win. I have a few years left in me and I hope I can still win a big title here."