Chelsea legend Didier Drogba has turned down chance to return to Stamford Bridge where he could have joined Frank Lampard's coaching staff.
Drogba has been campaigning for the past few days in Abidjan where he has met with football leaders to tell about his plans if he was appointed the next president of the Ivory Coast Football Federation.
The 41-year-old Drogba ended his illustrious playing career with American outfit Phoenix Rising, a second division club that plays in the USL (United Soccer League). Apart from two spells with Chelsea, Drogba played for clubs in France, Turkey, Canada and China.
DISAPPOINTED: Frank Lampard will be without one of his former teammates, Didier Drogba. Picture: Reuters/Reuters.
The incumbent Ivory Coast Football Augustin Sidy Diallo is serving his final term of office and will step at the upcoming elections in December.
Ivory Coast failed to qualify for the last World Cup and Drogba wants to bring back the glory days for Ivorian football.
African News Agency