Chelsea FCย legend Didier Drogba, who won 14 major trophies with the Blues, is now aย player-owner of Phoenix Rising in the USL.
In 2015, The all-time top scorer and former captain of the Ivory Coast national teamย went from Chelsea to Montreal Impact, bypassing the Chicago Fire for the second time in Major League Soccer. From there he went to Phoenix of the United Soccer League.
The Chelsea and Ivorian icon joined NBC Sports’ Dan Walker to talk about his beloved Blues andย former boss Jose Mourinho, who is now the manager of Manchester United.
On the strong season being accomplished by Chelseaย Drogba said:
โItโs good to see them back at the level we expect them to be. It looks like weโre going to be champions again and I canโt wait to see them back in the Champions League.โ
To watch the whole Didier Drogba video interview click over at this link. There’s some good stuff in there about the Special One.
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