Eidur Gudjohnsen eyes return to Premier League

Eidur Gudjohnsen is preparing to make an emotional return to English football.

The 30-year-old Iceland international will be able to show off the Champions League winner's medal he won as part of the Barcelona squad that humbled Manchester United last Wednesday.

He may not have got on to the pitch during the competitive action, but he's done enough over the past nine months to feel he played a real part in Barca's treble triumph.

Gudjohnsen, who left Chelsea in an £8million move three years ago, said: "Without blowing my own trumpet, I think returning to England is probably inevitable.

"There is a lot of interest from the Premier League. I had a great time in England and I know the game inside out. I'm well known in England and enjoyed great success there.

"People know my experience, know I will adapt easy to the football.

"Of course it would be very easy to move back to England. I'll take the summer to look at the bigger picture and in the end my decision will be based on football reasons, nothing else."

Gudjohnsen intends to discuss his future with Barca boss Pep Guardiola. That meeting will have a major bearing on the next stage of his career.

Gudjohnsen, who has a year left on his contract, went on: "To be part of a club like Barcelona is a privilege.

"And who knows I might enjoy it for one more year.

"It's difficult to leave a club like Barcelona. My young boys are playing for the Barcelona academy.

"My focus stays on the football, though, and it has to be about football.

"I still have ambition. I still have a lot of football in me. If the manager tells me next season I will get even less opportunities then I will look for another option".

Gudjohnsen admits he shared Chelsea's disappointment when they lost the Champions League final to Manchester United after the stunning penalty shootout. Now he has his own winner's medal to show off .

He said: "I have the medal round my neck, something Chelsea players don't have.

"But I was heartbroken for them last year and thought they thoroughly deserved to win. Obviously I have some great friends at Chelsea, players like Frank Lampard and John Terry, and although I didn't get to play in the final I would like to think they are proud of me as a friend and former team-mate.

"Any player wants minutes on the pitch. In a treblewinning season, though, I have played my part.

"I know I'm not the most important guy in the squad but to have 70 games and to have played in 30 or 40 of them, I think I have won the treble and contributed as much as anyone."

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