Anelka on Chelsea transfer: "I hope it will happen"

Bolton striker Nicolas Anelka says he's hopeful for a move to Chelsea.

"The presidents are talking. I hope it will happen (and), most of all, that I am eligible for the Champions League," the France forward said in comments published Thursday by sports daily L'Equipe. "But as long as the contract has not been signed and I have not been presented to the press with my new shirt, nothing is finalized."

Anelka is Bolton's leading …