Didier Drogba is set to return to Champions League action tonight against Atletico Madrid following his three match European suspension and UEFA President Michel Platini is thinking the Ivory Coast International will return stronger than ever.
Ivory Coast International Didier Drogba has put pen to paper on a three year contract extension with Chelsea that will keep the 31 year old at Stamford Bridge until 2012.
After seeing an initial 4 + 2 match suspension and 85,000 Pound fine handed down by UEFA, Chelsea duo Didier Drogba and Jose Boswinga have had their bans reduced to 3 and 2 games, with the fine standing as is after their appeal was heard in Switzerland.
Remember this episode? Well today Drogba and Chelsea learned their fate, From ESPN:
Chelsea striker Didier Drogba has been banned for four matches by UEFA after his verbal assault on referee Tom Henning Ovrebo, with a further two-game ban suspended for two years. (more…)
After Sky’s touchline cameraman caught Didier Drogba’s meltdown brilliance on Norwegian referee Thomas Henning Ovrebo, which could go down as one of the most classic referee rants ever captured on live television, Ofcom (The independent regulator and competition authority for the UK communications industries) announced they have launched an investigation into the situation that could have some very interesting ramifications for not only Drogba himself, but Chelsea and the game as a whole.
International Didier Drogba has stepped forward and publicly spoken about the Stampede Tragedy that happened 40 minutes before kickoff of the Sunday World Cup Qualifier between Ivory Coast and Malawi at the Felix Houphouet-Boigny Stadium in Abidjan.
When you’re one of the biggest clubs in the world and you’ve been dropping points that you shouldn’t be dropping, there comes a point when the big boss man sits his stars down to try and air the dirty laundry. But maybe Big Phil Scolari got a little more than he bargained for……
When things aren’t so going well early in the season, you’ve been suspended by the league and the guy starting in your place is on fire, you’d think the last thing you’d want is to be accused of would be having dinner with the Sporting Director and Agent of your former coach right?
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