London, Dec.8 (ANI): A double strike against Spanish football club Valencia notwithstanding, striker Didier Drogba has said that he may consider leaving Chelsea FC if they don't give him an acceptable contract.
Drogba said that he could play at the highest level for at least two more years.
With Drogba, 33, not prepared to contemplate the compromise of a short-term offer, the impasse over his contract is yet to be bridged.
The Independent quoted him, as saying: "I hope I have got at least a couple of years left in me. I started late. I was 25 when I played my first Champions League games. I feel happy, I feel good on the pitch, I really enjoy my football and when we are winning like [this] I am really delighted.
He added: "I am not yet 100 per cent fit. Everyone has seen that I have lost a lot of goals and this is something I hope my fitness will help me to improve. When I get to 100 per cent there are a few mistakes I will try to rectify. Injuries have not helped this season, the knock on the head, the red card, the surgery. They didn't help me to get my fitness. Now I'm having more games and it's going to come back. I hope it will come quickly, but it is going to come back."
Drogba's agent, Thierno Seydi, has previously insisted that his client will use a potential free transfer to sign for whichever club "will pay him the most money".
A number of sides in Russia, the United Arab Emirates and Major League Soccer - including David Beckham's alma mater, Los Angeles Galaxy - are likely to match his demands, while the striker would no doubt be tempted by the prospect of a return to Marseilles, the club where he made his name.
Harry Redknapp has confessed that he, too, would welcome the chance to take Drogba to Tottenham. No move, though, will materialise in January. (ANI)
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