Didier Drogba’s confirmation of leaving Chelsea

This will be the second time that Didier Drogba leaves Chelsea but he hopes coming back on a different capacity. His game with Chelsea against Sunderland is his last with the team. He will not be retiring from football but he will be leaving Stamford Bridge in pursuit of his playing career.

He resumed to Chelsea last summer on a year’s deal and during his term, he has assisted in getting the club a 4th Premier League title. Drogba believes that he needs to play for another more season but this would feel good for him if he played on a different team.

The 37-year old striker said that he has had dialogue with his manager and the board where they agreed to let him leave since it was up to him to enjoy the pitch more as he wishes. He is happy to know that the club wants him back and be part of the future team in Chelsea and he is pleased of the way they came up with the solution.

Previously, Drogba was in West London where he spent eight years from 2004 to 2012. He won 12 trophies and made one of the best scores against Bayern Munich in The Champions league of 2012.

Before he came back for the second time to Chelsea, he was playing in Turkey and China.

In a statement, Chelsea said that they are happy of Drogba’s participation and that they would always be pleased to have him back in Stamford Bridge.

Drogba first played for Chelsea in 2004 where he scored 157 goals in 341 appearances, prior to leaving in the dawn of the club’s Champions League victory. He collected 3 Premier League titles, 4 FA cups and 2 league cups in his first stint in London.

Drogba has played in 39 matched across all kinds of competitions in this term and has scored 7 times and helped his fellow team players in securing a Premier League and League Cup double.

CEO to Chelsea said that Drogba was a legend in Chelsea and that he will always be a part of the family. Ron Gourlay says that he will be leaving to higher grounds and that his big contribution to Chelsea’s success is huge and contributed a lot to the team’s success.

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