By dixon9
December 30 2008

Didier Drogba has spoken about a loss of passion for the game he experienced in the summer due to the death of his grandmother. Whilst working on recovering from a fairly serious knee injury he said that it gave him time to reflect on what is really important in life besides football although happily the hunger for success has returned.

"The hardest thing I had to endure this year was not football related. The death of my grandmother in June completely struck me down more than anything else,"  

"I was very very close to her and it really made me suffer... This made me ask a few questions to myself. I wondered what I was running after. I said to myself that it was pretty useless to run after results, stats or rewards,"  

"I didn't want to hear about targets or ambition. I felt totally switched off. For the first time I had lost my passion for football. I was ordinary, I didn't want to fight. 

"All summer I felt bad. I am not looking for excuses I just admit, for a while; I put football on the back burner. I was in no rush to recover from my injury. Neither was I motivated."

 

The Chelsea hit-man also spoke of his disappointment and perceived lack of support from the club – although bearing in mind transfer speculation and his lack of interest at the time he thought it understandable. 

"It is true that I did not feel a great support,"  "I noticed some people in the club had doubts about my ability to be back at my best. But I am not angry at them as for my part I was not fully committed to football." 

"This break did me good. I now feel very strong. I am hungrier than ever. How could I be satisfied as I have not won the Champions League, the Ballon d'Or award, the African Nations Cup, the World Cup and the Club World Cup yet? I still truly believe I can achieve these goals,"  

That last paragraph is heartening to hear and judging by his general enthusiasm on the field recently, I reckon we have plenty of time to see some special football from him. 

Drogba: My Loss Last Summer

Discussion started by 50 Years Over 100 Years , 30/12/2008 17:47

50 Years Over 100 Years
30/12/2008 17:47

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dixon9
01/01/2009 10:52

Club fine - if not true then expect a denial from the club later:

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"It is born out of hypocrisy and fundamental insecurity. There have been two kids on the block for the past 12 years. Suddenly, there is a third and that one is threatening to be more successful than the others and they don’t like it." P Kenyon.

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Since 66
01/01/2009 13:05

I read that £100k ouch





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