Matters weren't helped when Eidur's agent claimed that the club would need to raise their contract offer to him or risk losing the Iceland international.
But it now appears that Eidur will be staying at the club for a while. Speaking in the Evening Standard, he said "The way I see it now, I'm very settled at Chelsea.
"I've always said that I'm happy here. I've got three years left on my contract and I want to stay. There's no problem.
"Chelsea are the biggest and best club I've played for. PSV Eindhoven were very big in Holland at the time, with a great set-up, and it's the same here. You can see what the aim of the club is.
"Obviously it's hard to say what might happen in three or four years. I might hit a bad patch or get injured, you never know in football. But for the moment I'm very settled and like playing for Chelsea.''
He went on to add: "There's always bound to be speculation.
"The thing that has annoyed me is that it's made out that I'm greedy and that I want this and that.
"There were some contract negotiations that went on in the summer. They are still ongoing, but might be postponed a bit due to the financial situation at Chelsea.
"I don't know what the situation is and all I'm concentrating on is getting fit, playing football and hopefully improving on last season.''
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