![]() ![]() Phoenix Rising have several players with Premier League experience including the former Leicester man Jordan Stewart and a former team-mate of Drogba, Shaun Wright-Phillips. “This was the right offer because it was important for me to think about playing, because I enjoy it, but also to get to the next stage of my career.” /PRNewswire/ - Today, Phoenix Rising Football Club announced that legendary striker Didier Drogba has joined its MLS expansion franchise ownership group and. Get the latest news, live stats and game highlights. “I had offers from China, from England – in both the Premier League and even the Championship – but they were only as a player,” Drogba told the BBC’s Premier League Show. View the profile of Phoenix Rising FC Forward Didier Drogba on ESPN. The club is important to me and one day I will come back.” Didier Drogba attended his first Phoenix Rising FC match on Sunday and was officially introduced to the fans after joining the club. ![]() USL president Jake Edwards welcomed Drogba and expressed his delight at the addition of a star with the Ivorian's stature to the league. Being in America doesn’t mean that I’m putting Chelsea out of sight. Didier Drogba is joining USL team Phoenix Rising after last having played for Montreal Impact of MLS. “They found it interesting and they are happy for me. “I explained to him and the Chelsea board what I wanted to do”, said Drogba. The Arizona club are one of 12 teams bidding for two new MLS franchises and Drogba revealed he had spoken with the Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich for advice. Phoenix have just started their fourth season in the Western Conference of USL, which forms part of the second tier of the American league system.
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