Chelsea allowing Dider Drogba to leave was a big Mistake | Leeds Boss hit out

Chelsea has been criticized for allowing Drogba leave on a free transfer to China. The Stamford Bridge legend was a prolific striker for Chelsea, helping the club win trophies as well as their first ever Champions League final glory in Munich against Bayern Munich.

The former Blues striker scored the equalizer and latter scored the deciding goal in penalty kicks to give Blues the most envied trophy in Europe. But unfortunately, the club refused to extend his contract and was allowed to leave. An act which has been criticized by Leeds United manager Neil Warnock. He said the Blues should have done more to keep hold of Drogba, rather than allowing him to leave for free at the end of last season.

The Leeds manager was speaking ahead of their clash with Chelsea tonight in the Capital One Cup quarter-final when he made the claim, citing Chelsea's reliance on misfiring Fernando Torres in the center-forward role. Drogba was keeping the Spaniard out of the side for much of last season and Warnock believes the Ivorian should still be plying his trade at Stamford Bridge, not picking up a lucrative wage packet at Chinese side Shanghai Shenhua.

"They have clearly missed some experienced players through injury this season but if I was Chelsea manager the one I'd miss most is Didier Drogba," the Evening Standard quotes Warnock as saying. "I would have done anything to keep him if I was at Chelsea and yet they let him leave on a free transfer. "He epitomized what Chelsea was all about when they won all those trophies and his goalscoring record was tremendous. I loved him as a player."

Drogba was Chelsea's star as the club won its first ever Champions League title; he scored the late equaliser to keep them in a one-sided game against Bayern Munich and then buried the deciding penalty in the shoot-out.

Cyracks Zenda

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