Duff to miss trip to Chelsea

Chelsea captain John Terry has revealed how Republic of Ireland winger Damien Duff was almost in tears when he left the club for Newcastle.

Duff moved to Tyneside for £5million last July but is unlikely to face his former team-mates tonight.

Newcastle travel to Stamford Bridge to face the Barclays Premiership champions but Duff is recovering from a cartilage operation.

He is the second former Chelsea player in a matter of days to miss out against his old club as injury also forced William Gallas to miss Arsenal's visit last Sunday.

Duff's departure was a shock to many Chelsea fans, especially after manager Jose Mourinho had built a title-winning side around the use of two wingers.

Skipper Terry revealed that Duff was almost in tears when he said an emotional goodbye to his team-mates at the club's training ground.

Terry declared: "He really filled up the day he left Chelsea and he said he never thought he would be like that at a football club. He said he wasn't like that at Blackburn and Duffer was at Blackburn a long time. He was gutted to leave Chelsea."