Paul Pogba called him Manchester United’s funniest player last week, and he happens to be rather good at defending too. Having scored his first goal against Swansea City, things are looking ever rosier for Eric Bailly. It’s safe to say the Ivorian has taken to life in the Premier League rather well. Bailly is a […]
News of Cheick Tiote’s passing yesterday was greeted with an outpouring of emotion from across the footballing world. My brother Chiek. I cannot believe you are gone. I will never forget you. 🙏🏾 pic.twitter.com/Ab1Q9VyWly — Yaya Touré (@YayaToure) June 5, 2017 The midfielder, who was – tragically – just a couple of weeks shy of […]
To most people, Didier Drogba was the face of Chelsea F.C. for nearly a decade. He is the man who delivered the club its first league title in over 50 years and its only Champions League trophy. But what he did on the pitch was nothing compared to what he did off it – he single-handedly […]
Whilst it’s Cameroon and Ghana who have come the closest of any African nations to lifting the World Cup, Ivory Coast are arguably the continent’s most prolific producers of talent. Chelsea legend Didier Drogba – who dragged his teammates to an unlikely Champions League victory in 2012 – and Manchester City’s mercurial midfield maestro Yaya […]
Serge Aurier has been getting a lot of attention in the press for his lack of consistency, strong opinion regarding his coach on Periscope, and assaulting a police officer that gave him a two month prison sentence. In a sense, he’s a harder working version of Mario Balotelli. The PSG defender needed some good press […]
Professional athletes, alcohol, and angry cops don’t mix. Never have, never will. That’s a lesson Paris Saint-Germain defender Serge Aurier learned the hard way, as he was handed a two-month suspended jail term today for allegedly giving a cop the People’s Elbow on the way out of a Paris nightclub earlier this year. Details surrounding the […]
Man United’s, Eric Bailly, has taken to the Premier League like a seasoned pro. And the centre-half has taken this form with him to the national side, as he helped Ivory Coast gain qualification for the African Cup of Nations. SEE ALSO: Man United completed their best bit of business ages before Pogba arrived Ivory Coast’s […]
Welcome to the main event! We’ve got Didier “The Stamford Slugger” Drogba taking on Zlatan “The Malmö Mauler” Ibrahimovic. These are two relentless competitors and it should be one hell of a fight. Let’s look at the tale of the tape: Physical Matchup Each fighter is powerfully built and in excellent condition. They’ve […]
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