![]() "I'm still a player but it's important to respect the decision of the manager," added Drogba, who is Ivory Coast's record goalscorer. He joins former Chelsea team-mate Shaun Wright-Phillips at Phoenix, who have one win and two defeats from three games this season. "This was the right offer because it was important for me to think about playing, because I enjoy it, but also to get to the next stage of my career." Drogba last played for Montreal Impact in Major League Soccerĭrogba scored 157 goals in 341 appearances during his first spell at Chelsea from 2004 to 2012, winning three Premier League titles and the Champions League.įollowing moves to Shanghai Shenhua in China and Turkish side Galatasaray, Drogba returned to the Blues for the 2014-15 season, scoring seven goals in 40 appearances, helping Jose Mourinho's side to the title, before 18 months with Montreal. "I had offers from China, from England - in both the Premier League and even the Championship - but they were only as a player," Drogba told The Premier League Show. The Arizona club hope to become one of four planned expansion teams in MLS over the next three years. Phoenix have just started their fourth season in the Western Conference of USL, which forms part of the second tier of the American league system. "It's a good transition because I want to carry on playing but I'm almost 40 and it's important for me to prepare for my later career." ![]() "To own a team and be a player at the same time is unusual but it's going to be very exciting," Drogba said. He will start out as a player but has also joined Phoenix's "MLS expansion franchise ownership group".
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