{"id":362732,"date":"2011-04-03T08:28:00","date_gmt":"2011-04-03T08:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/04\/03\/chelsea-striker-didier-drogba-poised-for-summer-move-to-mls-%e2%80%93-report\/"},"modified":"2011-04-03T08:28:00","modified_gmt":"2011-04-03T08:28:00","slug":"chelsea-striker-didier-drogba-poised-for-summer-move-to-mls-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/03\/chelsea-striker-didier-drogba-poised-for-summer-move-to-mls-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Chelsea striker Didier Drogba poised for summer move to MLS \u2013 report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h4>3 Apr 2011 09:28:00<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"63.703217334209\">\n<div>\n<div>\n                <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"DROGBA-CECH-NBA-CATTELL\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/6335fb85124658_news.jpg.jpg\" \/><\/p><\/div>\n<p>DROGBA-CECH-NBA-CATTELL<\/p>\n<h4>Related Links<\/h4>\n<h4>Teams<\/h4>\n<h4>Players<\/h4>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>        <span readability=\"28.991228070175\"><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/96\/chelsea\">Chelsea<\/a> striker <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/c%C3%B4te-divoire\/497\/didier-drogba\">Didier Drogba<\/a> is pondering a move to join the likes of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/england\/1886\/david-beckham\">David Beckham<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en\/people\/france\/1145\/thierry-henry\">Thierry Henry<\/a> in America next season, according to <em>The News of the World<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The 33-year-old will evaluate his options at the end of this season, and it is beginning to look likely that a move across the Atlantic will materialise, with reports claiming that the Ivorian has emerged as a top target for MLS directors.<\/p>\n<p>Chelsea&#8217;s \u00a350m January signing Fernando Torres has yet to spark his goalscoring career at Stamford Bridge, but his arrival has cast doubts over the future of Drogba, who had been seeking a two-year extension to his current deal with the Blues.<\/p>\n<p>Drogba has already held informal talks with former Arsenal and Barcelona talisman Thierry Henry, who provided quality feedback following his experience with the New York Red Bulls.<\/p>\n<p>The prospect of joining up with other legends such as the Cosmos\u2019 Director of Soccer Eric Cantona certainly looks appealing, and may persuade Drogba to pack his bags and move Stateside.<\/p>\n<p>However, the MLS may have to compete with the lure of the past as Drogba has also been linked with a return to his former club Marseille, and could be used as leverage in a deal to secure the services of winger Loic Remy.<\/p>\n<p>        <\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/6335fb85124658_news.jpg-150x150.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>See the original post here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2896\/premier-league\/2011\/04\/03\/2423876\/chelsea-striker-didier-drogba-poised-for-summer-move-to-mls\" title=\"Chelsea striker Didier Drogba poised for summer move to MLS \u2013 report\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chelsea striker Didier Drogba poised for summer move to MLS \u2013 report<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> 3 Apr 2011 09:28:00 DROGBA-CECH-NBA-CATTELL Related Links Teams Players Chelsea striker Didier Drogba is pondering a move to join the likes of David Beckham and Thierry Henry in America next season, according to The News of the World . The 33-year-old will evaluate his options at the end of this season, and it is beginning to look likely that a move across the Atlantic will materialise, with reports claiming that the Ivorian has emerged as a top target for MLS directors. Chelsea&#8217;s \u00a350m January signing Fernando Torres has yet to spark his goalscoring career at Stamford Bridge, but his arrival has cast doubts over the future of Drogba, who had been seeking a two-year extension to his current deal with the Blues<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-362732","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Chelsea striker Didier Drogba poised for summer move to MLS \u2013 report - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/03\/chelsea-striker-didier-drogba-poised-for-summer-move-to-mls-report\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Chelsea striker Didier Drogba poised for summer move to MLS \u2013 report - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"3 Apr 2011 09:28:00 DROGBA-CECH-NBA-CATTELL Related Links Teams Players Chelsea striker Didier Drogba is pondering a move to join the likes of David Beckham and Thierry Henry in America next season, according to The News of the World . 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