Drogba’s Staying - But Does He Know Yet?
It’s hardly news that Didier Drogba’s future at Chelsea has been about as secure as Ashley Cole’s marriage.
The Chelsea striker was linked with moves away from the club before the ink was ever dry on his contract and rumours about a possible reunion with his former Chelsea boss have refused to go away since the summer. Not that the Ivorian helped matters with his recent mood swings and wining and dining Mourinho’s representatives in a London restaurant mind you.
But anyway, irrespective of any dodgy meetings Drogba may or may not have, according to Peter Kenyon they would be a pointless exercise anyway because the Chelsea forward is going nowhere.
The Chelsea chief executive insists “Didier’s under contract for the next 18 months. He will be going nowhere in January. Whether people leave Chelsea is as much down to us as anybody else. I don’t know whether he did or didn’t (meet Inter representatives). I am concerned about the reports only because it is unsettling. But he’s a big player for us and we want him back (from suspension). He’s one of those players who can make a difference.” He adds “But Didier will be going nowhere in January.”
Mind you, the fact that he only says Drogba won’t be sold in January suggests he could be in line for a summer move if the situation hasn’t improved by then. After all, I can’t see Chelsea wanting to end up with bugger all if he decides to take matters into his own hands then.
But what I still don’t buy is the denial over whether a meeting took place or not. Does nobody inside Stamford Bridge actually speak to each other or what?
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Do you think Drogba is worth all the trouble? How much better are Chelsea with a fit Drogba upfront rather than a fit Anelka? Anelka is scoring goals but he seems to lack the presence needed up front to make stuff happen.
Come on Spektral, surely you know my thoughts on Drogba by now? lol. I have to agree with you that we’re a lot better with a FIT Drogba than Anelka, there isnt a doubt about that. The trouble is though, this season Drogba’s been neither fit nor interested so far and if that doesn’t change then we really need to look at alternatives no matter how good he is on his day.
Noone in this world doubts the talent of the Ivorian. The only questio is, Is he interested in playing for us? I am not sure. Look at his recent record in the champions league final, Coin throwing incident, He was interested when he came on for chelsea in the champions leaugue. He has been out injured most of the time. At 30 he only has 1 to 2 years left in him and if we can get 20 or 25 mllion isnt it worth it and sell malouda for 10 million then buy a young talented striker like Benzema. I personaly think Adriano is a far better striker than drogba. What he needs is another Brazilian managing him at chelsea surely Drogba wont be missed at 30 years old. He is becoming distruction in the dressing room and for how long are we gona tolerate his behaviour efore its too late. Let him go and replace him.
Benzema would be sexy. We really need a young striker that wants to play for us.
Spektral - whoever it is could be 64 for all I care as long as he can put the ball in the back of the net and is prepared to work his arse off.