Rio Ferdinand names Chelsea legend Didier Drogba best African footballer to have ever played in the Premier League

Rio Ferdinand names Chelsea legend Didier Drogba best African footballer to have ever played in the Premier League
Rio Ferdinand has said Chelsea legend Didier Drogba is the best African player to have ever featured in the Premier League.The question was asked on Saturday Morning Savage, the BT Sport show, by host Robbie Savage.1

Ferdinand battles Drogba in the 2008 Champions League final

Guests Robbie Fowler and Dean Saunders both admitted Drogba was their choice, Chris Sutton selected ex-AC Milan star George Weah, who also spent eight months on loan at Chelsea back in 2000.“What about George Weah,” Sutton said. “Two time African, two time World Player of the Year and he is President of Liberia, Drogba is not a president.” There was also support for former Manchester City hero Yaya Toure, but it appeared the panel were unanimous in their decision to vote for Drogba.Ferdinand then took to Twitter and wrote: ‘Tough call between Drogba & Yaya… both #EPL legends but Im going for @didierdrogba! #SaturdaySav.The Ivorian signed for Chelsea from Marseille in 2004 and enjoyed two spells with the club, his first spanning eight seasons, before returning for a year in 2014.

Tough call between Drogba & Yaya… both #EPL legends but Im going for @didierdrogba! #SaturdaySav https://t.co/kN5dreEEfp— Rio Ferdinand (@rioferdy5) March 17, 2019

During his time at Stamford Bridge, Drogba won four Premier League titles, four FA Cups and three League cups.He also famously equalised in the 2012 Champions League final against Bayern Munich, before netting the decisive spot-kick in a dramatic 4-3 penalty shoot-out victory.As well as winning two Premier League Golden Boots, Drogba also became the first player to score in three League Cup finals and the first to score in three consecutive English domestic cup finals.

---

Jorginho's agent explains what under-fire Maurizio Sarri needs to succeed The agent of Chelsea midfielder Jorginho insists that Chelsea simply need more time for Maurizio Sarri's style of
Jorginho's agent Joao Santos speaks out on criticisms of

---

Manchester United team news: Ole Gunnar Solskjaer without 10 first-team players for PSG clash. United face a mountain to climb after losing the first leg of their Champions League last-16 clash
Manchester United news: Ole Gunnar Solskjaer - goal.com

---

Welcome to the Evening Standard's LIVE blog dedicated to the latest transfer news, rumours and gossip. Manchester United are looking to Man United, Chelsea, Liverpool, Tottenham, West
Transfer news live: Arsenal in 'advanced - football.london

---

Roy Keane launches scathing attack on current Manchester United players, claiming they will throw Ole Gunnar Solskjaer under the bus next article Premier League top four: Table, odds for final positions and Tottenham, Chelsea, Arsenal and Manchester Uniteds final fixtures
Superstitious Maurizio Sarri scratches his balls for good

---

News Corp is a network of leading companies in the worlds of diversified media, news, education, and information services.
Arsenal FC News: Gunners told to pay £22million to land

---

The history of Chelsea's cursed number nine shirt including

---

Fulham vs Chelsea team news: Kepa returns to starting line-up

---

Neymar: PSG star wants Barcelona ace Philippe Coutinho to swap clubs with Kylian Mbappe PSG talisman Neymar reportedly wants the Ligue 1 giants to offload Kylian Mbappe to Barcelona and sign
Crunch time for Coutinho as Barcelona goes to Liverpool - One

---

Manchester United announce drop in quarterly revenue but 'remain on track' for record annual income The club's commercial and matchday revenues were down, but there was an increase in their
United 'on track' to achieve record annual income despite

---

Chelsea news: Watch incredible video of academy star Reece

---

Manchester United are struggling to agree new contracts with important players including David de Gea and Anthony Martial as a consequence of Alexis Sanchez's significant wages. Sanchez is on a
Anthony Martial proving to be a bigger problem for Man United

---

Leeds loanee Samu Saiz among multiple players arrested by Spanish Police on suspicion of match fixing Police in Spain have arrested several current/former players from Spain's top two divisions on suspicion of match fixing. Leeds United attacker Samu Saiz - talkSPORT 8 hours ago: Spanish police arrest soccer players for match-fixing
Melbourne attacker's brother arrested last year - police - newsR

---