Chicago Fire interested in signing Chelsea striker Didier Drogba
Posted Thursday, February 02, 2012 by Goal.com
Chicago Fire are interested in signing Chelsea striker Didier Drogba, according to the MLS club's head coach Frank Klopas.
Drobga, who had been targeted by Chinese side Shanghai Shenhua last month, has yet to sign a contract extension at Stamford Bridge, amid reports he is unhappy at not being offered more an a one-year deal.
Chicago Fire could sign the 33-year-old on a free transfer since his contract expires with Chelsea this summer and the MLS side's coach would welcome the Ivory Coast international as one of the club's designated players.
"If there's a DP [designated player] that's out there that can fit in with our team, we're always open to it," Klopas told Goal.com. "Drogba? Of course, yes, [the Fire would be interested]," he stated. "There's talks but would he really come and what would it take?"
Klopas denied his side are interested in bringing Drogba's former Chelsea team-mate Michael Ballack to the MLS, stating the Bayer Leverkusen man is not what his team needs.
"With Ballack, I mean we signed a guy Rafael Robayo who is a two-way player like him and we have [Pavel] Pardo coming back," Klopas said.
"With those players, you always have to see where they are, what stage of their career are they in. But we made some signings in the middle and I think that's not an area where we are looking at [to improve]."
"Our midfielder Robayo from Millionaros, not trying to compare him to a Ballack, but at 27 years old, you're bringing him at an age where he's at his prime," Klopas said.
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