Klabu ya Chelsea imetangaza kumrudisha Didier Drobga,Mshambuliaji huyo amesaini mkataba wa mwaka
mmoja.
mmoja.
Na Drogba ambaye alisainiwa na Jose Mourinho kwa £ 24million mwaka 2004 umebaini kuwa asingeweza kukataa nafasi ya kufanya kazi tena na bosi huyo wa Kireno.
Akasema: Ilikuwa ni uamuzi rahisi -sikuweza kukataa nafasi ya kufanya kazi na Jose tena. Kila mtu anajua uhusiano maalum nilionao na klabu hii na daima naona kama niko nyumbani kwangu".
Dotted line: The Ivorian striker completes his medical and puts pen to paper on a new one-year deal
Signed: Didier Drogba has signed a one-year deal withChelsea
New boy: Drogba returns to Chelsea after two years away from west London
"Shauku yangu ya kushinda bado ni sawa na mimi naangalia mbele kwa nafasi ya kusaidia timu hii.ninashauku kwa sura hii ya pili ya kazi yangu".alisema Drogba
Return: Didier Drogba returns to west London after spells in China and Turkey
One in one out: Drogba returns to Chelsea after two years away, just as Frank Lampard heads off to New York
High: Drogba left on a high after helping Chelsea become the first London team to win the Champions League
Aliondoka Stamford Bridge mwaka wa 2012 baada ya kutinga penalti iliyoisaidia klabu hiyo kutwaa kombe la mabingwa barani Ulaya dhidi ya Bayern Munich .
Drogba aliwahi kuichezea klabu ya China Shanghai Shenhua, kabla ya kuijunga na Galatasaray January 2013.
Kuwasili kwa Drogba kunatoa nguvu kubwa kwa kikosi cha mashambulizi cha Mourinho ambapo pia amemsajili Diego Costa. Fernando Torres na Romelu Lukaku ni wachezaji wawili ambao wamekuwa wanaohusishwa kuondoka katika klabu hiyo.
DROGBA'S CHELSEA MEDALS
2004/05: Premier League and League Cup
2005/06: Premier League
2006/07: FA Cup and League Cup
2008/09: FA Cup
2009/10: Premier League and FA Cup
2011/12: FA Cup and Champions League
DROGBA'S CHELSEA STATS
Appearances: 341
Goals: 151
Goals per game: 0.44
Major trophies: 10
Veteran: Drogba has over 100 caps for the Ivory Coast and made over 200 league appearances for Chelsea
RETURNING STRIKERS
With Didier Drogba, the man whose penalty secured a first Champions League win for Chelsea in the clubs history returning to Stamford Bridge, we look at other frontmen who have returned to their former clubs.
Those who have had a second coming have often enjoyed a hero’s welcome upon their return, but, on the pitch, were they hits or misses?
Ian Rush (Liverpool 1980-87 & 1988-96)
Having joined Liverpool from Chester as a youngster for £300,000 in May 1980, a British transfer record for a teenager at the time, it quickly became obvious that Rush was a prolific goal scorer. After six seasons and 168 goals, Rush made a surprise move to Juventus for £3.2 million. Just seven goals came in twenty nine appearances in Italy and, after his unrest became clear, Rush returned as a hero to Anfield. In his first campaign back at Liverpool, still officially on loan from Juventus, he blasted 30 league goals and went on to hit the net another 142 times in all competitions for the Reds.
Verdict: Hit
Robbie Keane (Tottenham 2002-08 & 2009-11)
The Irish striker always had the potential to play at the top level. Having impressed at Coventry and Leeds via the briefest of stints at Inter Milan, Keane made his mark as a natural goal scorer at White Hart Lane. 80 league goals came in his first six years in North London. Keane ultimately could never rekindle that success after an unsuccessful move to Liverpool in 2008 and returned to Spurs the following February. Despite 15 goals in all competitions upon his return, Keane was never quite the same player.
Verdict: Miss
Mark Hughes (Manchester United 1980-86 & 1988-95)
Hughes was on the score sheet 37 times in the league for Manchester United, having risen through the club’s academy ranks. His form could not be replicated once he left for Barcelona and he suffered similar problems at Bayern Munich, to whom he was then loaned. Hughes returned to Old Trafford and won the PFA Player of the Year Award in his first season back in England (1988/89). Under the stewardship of Sir Alex Ferguson, he went on to score over 100 more goals for the club and cemented himself in its rich history.
Verdict: Hit
Teddy Sheringham (Tottenham 1992-97 & 2001-03)
Although Sheringham’s great trophy-winning days came at Manchester United between 1997 and 2001, he will always be remembered as a club legend by Spurs fans and players. He scored 99 goals in his first six years wearing the white of Tottenham and, after an extremely successful spell at Old Trafford, he returned to White Hart Lane to lift Tottenham fans from their seats another 26 times. He has since been inducted into their Hall of Fame.
Verdict: Hit
Those who have had a second coming have often enjoyed a hero’s welcome upon their return, but, on the pitch, were they hits or misses?
Ian Rush (Liverpool 1980-87 & 1988-96)
Having joined Liverpool from Chester as a youngster for £300,000 in May 1980, a British transfer record for a teenager at the time, it quickly became obvious that Rush was a prolific goal scorer. After six seasons and 168 goals, Rush made a surprise move to Juventus for £3.2 million. Just seven goals came in twenty nine appearances in Italy and, after his unrest became clear, Rush returned as a hero to Anfield. In his first campaign back at Liverpool, still officially on loan from Juventus, he blasted 30 league goals and went on to hit the net another 142 times in all competitions for the Reds.
Verdict: Hit
Robbie Keane (Tottenham 2002-08 & 2009-11)
The Irish striker always had the potential to play at the top level. Having impressed at Coventry and Leeds via the briefest of stints at Inter Milan, Keane made his mark as a natural goal scorer at White Hart Lane. 80 league goals came in his first six years in North London. Keane ultimately could never rekindle that success after an unsuccessful move to Liverpool in 2008 and returned to Spurs the following February. Despite 15 goals in all competitions upon his return, Keane was never quite the same player.
Verdict: Miss
Mark Hughes (Manchester United 1980-86 & 1988-95)
Hughes was on the score sheet 37 times in the league for Manchester United, having risen through the club’s academy ranks. His form could not be replicated once he left for Barcelona and he suffered similar problems at Bayern Munich, to whom he was then loaned. Hughes returned to Old Trafford and won the PFA Player of the Year Award in his first season back in England (1988/89). Under the stewardship of Sir Alex Ferguson, he went on to score over 100 more goals for the club and cemented himself in its rich history.
Verdict: Hit
Teddy Sheringham (Tottenham 1992-97 & 2001-03)
Although Sheringham’s great trophy-winning days came at Manchester United between 1997 and 2001, he will always be remembered as a club legend by Spurs fans and players. He scored 99 goals in his first six years wearing the white of Tottenham and, after an extremely successful spell at Old Trafford, he returned to White Hart Lane to lift Tottenham fans from their seats another 26 times. He has since been inducted into their Hall of Fame.
Verdict: Hit
Peter Crouch (Tottenham 1998-2000 & 2009-11)
Another player to return to Tottenham was the familiar figure of Peter Crouch. He never played senior football for Spurs as a youth player, but returned over ten years later, for a fee reported to be around £9 million. Crouch had a mixed career at Spurs second time around, scoring 24 goals but also suffering two separate, three month long barren spells in front of goal. His hero status gained by scoring the winner against Manchester City in 2010, securing Spurs Champions League football was tarnished when he scored an own goal against the same opposition the following year. Spurs missed out on joining Europe’s elite on that occasion, with City qualifying.
Verdict: Miss
Thierry Henry (Arsenal 1999-2007 & 2012)
The briefest of returns to Arsenal for the Frenchman. The fans wouldn’t have been bothered had he not scored at all after his 226 goals before he moved to Barcelona in 2007. Instead, the prolific striker bagged the winner on his second ‘debut.’ Arsenal later unveiled a statue for Henry, who emotionally accepted the gesture outside the Emirates Stadium, with the club colours draped around his neck.
Verdict: Hit
Another player to return to Tottenham was the familiar figure of Peter Crouch. He never played senior football for Spurs as a youth player, but returned over ten years later, for a fee reported to be around £9 million. Crouch had a mixed career at Spurs second time around, scoring 24 goals but also suffering two separate, three month long barren spells in front of goal. His hero status gained by scoring the winner against Manchester City in 2010, securing Spurs Champions League football was tarnished when he scored an own goal against the same opposition the following year. Spurs missed out on joining Europe’s elite on that occasion, with City qualifying.
Verdict: Miss
Thierry Henry (Arsenal 1999-2007 & 2012)
The briefest of returns to Arsenal for the Frenchman. The fans wouldn’t have been bothered had he not scored at all after his 226 goals before he moved to Barcelona in 2007. Instead, the prolific striker bagged the winner on his second ‘debut.’ Arsenal later unveiled a statue for Henry, who emotionally accepted the gesture outside the Emirates Stadium, with the club colours draped around his neck.
Verdict: Hit
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