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Drogba wants to leave 'broken' Chelsea

October 18, 2007

Talismanic Ivory Coast striker Didier Drogba has insisted that he wants to quit Chelsea three years after joining the Londoners.

'I want to leave Chelsea. Something is broken with the club,' Drogba told the France Football magazine due to be published on Friday.

Drogba, who has scored 43 goals in the Premier League, was one of the players most affected by former manager Jose Mourinho's departure last month.

'The damage has been big in the dressing room because we know now what happened and who caused Mourinho's departure,' said an unhappy Drogba.

'Nothing can stop me from leaving now.'

The Portuguese coach, who led Chelsea to back-to-back league titles in 2005 and 2006, has been replaced by Israel's Avram Grant.

Drogba, a £24million signing from Marseille in July 2004, said he has 'wanted to leave Stamford Bridge since the day he arrived' and says he wants a transfer to Barcelona, Real Madrid, AC Milan or Inter Milan.


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