Source: Daily_Mail
Marseille eye Chelsea's Didier Drogba and Liverpool target Rod Fanni
Didier Deschamps has revealed he failed in a bid to sign Didier Drogba - but Marseille have not given up hope of taking the striker back to the Stade Velodrome.[LNB]A 1-0 win for the French champions over Chelsea in the Champions League last week marked an emotional return to the club Drogba reluctantly left for Stamford Bridge back in 2004.[LNB] Back on the old stamping ground: Drogba lines up against Marseille in the Champions League[LNB]Asked about a reports Marseille tried to re-sign the 32-year-old in the summer, Deschamps admitted to French TV: 'Yes. It's complicated. Maybe one day he will return, but with each year that goes by, it is going to get more and more complicated.'[LNB]No go: Fanni is stuck in limbo at Rennes[LNB]More pressing is clinching a deal for 29-year-old right back Rod Fanni, who is also wanted by Liverpool. [LNB]Deschamps is convinced the France international would rather join Marseille than move to England, but there is still haggling over the £3million fee for a player who is out of contract at the end of the season.[LNB]'I do not know if it will happen in the coming hours, but in the coming days? Hopefully,' said the former Chelsea midfielder. 'He wants to come. I think my bosses will do what is necessary for that to happen.'[LNB] My heart is at Marseille, says Drogba ahead of Champions League return Chelsea's Didier Drogba and Sunderland's Asamoah Gyan shortlisted for Africa Player of the Year awardKop out: Liverpool accept unsettled star Johnson wants to leave AnfieldCHELSEA FC
