Osarius wrote:Serrland wrote:I reckon that's partly behind this switch
The other part being the money, one would assume... as cynical as that is.
Then again, I could make a case for Drogba's move being partly because of Anelka's encouragement perhaps. It could be that he genuinely wants to help Chinese football grow. People criticised Beckham's move to MLS... and it does appear as though he meant it to some degree. I dunno. You're probably right though. Its hard to think anything beyond cynicism in regard to footballers these days, as much as I want to believe Drogba's reasons aren't money motivated, I just can't.
For the record, I f'n love Didier. Ever since he was at Marseille (my favourite French club).
I have quite a bit of respect for Drogba. He clearly loves the game and gives it his all - remember his somewhat heroic decision to go ahead and play in WC 2010 despite his badly busted up arm - less than a year after getting ill with malaria? His money has done quite a lot of good throughout West Africa, too, what with his charity setting up schools and hospitals and day programs for children. I like to think that, even if money was a factor (as it undoubtedly would be - who would say no to ~£10,000,000 over two years?), his desire to genuinely help Chinese football and the world's largest nation as a whole also played a role.
Also, rumour has it Yakubu might be on his way out to Shanghai, too.
