Source: FOOTYMAD
Drogba: I can play for five more years
He wants to become a Blues goal-scoring legend Hat trick hero Didier Drogba has revealed his secret of success – he loves football and he still have five more years in him and wants to play them at SW6. Drogba, 32, scored 38 goals in all competitions last season and hit three goals in the rout of West Bromwich Albion on Saturday. “I love scoring goals,” he said. “And the thrill of scoring is great too. I just love being on the football pitch. “I am focused and playing well – but scoring goals is only part of the game. “I am a better player at 32 than when I first came to Chelsea six years ago. Then I had some problems adapting. “I don’t know how to explain the improvement but I do try to improve on my [goal- scoring] statistics.” Part of his success this season will depend on his fitness. “There is no distraction of the African Cup of |Nations, this year,” he added. “Plus I have to play a full season and be injury-free.” Drogba’s three goals took his Chelsea tally to 134 goals in 261 games to put him sixth in Chelsea’s all-time scoring record overtaking football club legend Jimmy Greaves’s 132 goals in 161 games. Drogba said: “It is really nice. I've said I want to make history in the club and by being among these big players I have done it but I don't want to stop here. I want my name as high as I can. Greaves is a big legend and I am proud to overtake him. “I hope that in 40 years time that people are taking about me in the same way people talk of Greaves. I want to be a legend like him “Forty goals in a season is a target for me, but I would take scoring only 20 if it meant we won the Champions League.” Drogba accepts that a number of Chelsea players are not fit yet – a view echoed by boss Carlo Ancelotti. Drogba said of this: “Even if I am not fit I know we can still score goals. “I don’t know how long I can continue to play but if I can continue to play in a team like this then I can continue for five more years.”
