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Chelsea are believed to be ready to offer Robben an improved five-year deal to keep him in West London and Robben Snr does not expect any problems with the new contract.

That may be why, since early May, the White House has been labouring to correct what Rahm Emanuel, Mr Obama’s chief of staff, has described as the administration’s flawed “messaging”.