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Didier Drogba next club betting - Shanghai Shenhua talks going "as planned"

Didier Drogba's talks with Shanghai Shenhua are going "as planned", according to the Chinese club (credit: Getty Images)
Shanghai Shenhua, the Chinese club being strongly linked with Didier Drogba, are confident of signing the striker who has announced he is leaving Chelsea.

Bookmaker BetVictor are offering odds of 4/11 that Drogba will sign for Shanghai Shenhua this summer, while Sky Bet go 1/4 that the Ivorian joins any Chinese club.

The 34-year-old helped the blues win the Champions League in Munich to bring the curtain down on a trophy-laden spell in west London.

The Ivory Coast international, signed from Marseille for £24million in 2004, is now expected to join up with his former Chelsea team-mate Nicolas Anelka at the Chinese Super League club on what would be a lucrative free transfer.

Anelka, 33, joined Shenhua in January and is currently player-coach following the recent sacking of former Fulham boss Jean Tigana.

Shanghai Shenhua owner Zhu Jun is quoted as saying in the Oriental Sports Daily: “As of now, Shenhua's negotiations with Drogba are continuing just as planned.”

Drogba has so far refused to say where he is heading after calling time on his Chelsea career.

But Chelsea chief executive Ron Gourlay revealed the decision had already been reached that Drogba would not be staying at Stamford Bridge before the squad headed to Munich.

“We have known for some time that this outcome was likely, but Didier and the club only made a final decision on that in the last couple of days because for obvious reasons neither Didier nor the club wanted to distract focus away from the Champions League final,” he said.

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