DIDIER DROGBA broke down in tears as he told stunned team-mates: ‘I’m off.’
The big hitman insists it broke his heart to finally admit his eight-year stay
at Chelsea was over.
Drogba started to cry when he informed John Terry, Frank Lampard and the rest:
‘We will no longer be together next season.’
He made the shock announcment at the Blues victory parade, 24 hours after
helping them to Champions League glory.
The 34-year-old is expected to link up with former team-mate Nicolas Anelka at
Shanghai in China in a £200,000-a-week deal.
But the move was thrown in to doubt last night when it emerged coach Anelka is
involved in a row with Shanghai’s owners.
Drogba said: “Even though it’s been three years since I said that I wanted to
leave, I find it hard to admit that it’s over with this club — especially
since I did not want this end.”
Drogba told France Football magazine: “I could not see myself sitting on the
bench watching others play when the club plans to set up a new team. such good guys. I prepare for
my leap into the void, into the unknown.”
The Ivorian claims he could never play for another Premier League side.
He added: “If I must leave it will be for an adventure that’s totally
different from the big leagues.
"First, because there is no question I would play for anyone else in England
other than Chelsea and also, because I don’t know what I could get in Spain,
Italy or Germany that I don’t already know.
“I don’t want to start an ordinary adventure elsewhere. I’m more attracted to
a new life.”
Anelka has helped negotiations between Shanghai and Drogba reach an advanced
stage.
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