Frenchman lasted only 1 turbulent year at Shanghai Shenhua while the Ivorian barely stayed 6 months. FMTNews China
Drogba signed in June 2012, just weeks after he scored the winning penalty for Chelsea in the Champions League final against Bayern Munich.
Carlos Tevez, Marouane Fellaini and others would ultimately follow as money poured into the Chinese Super League, but the former Chelsea duo’s chaotic spell served as a cautionary tale. “For me it would have been easy to go to another team in Europe but I chose China because of the challenge,” he said at the time, after becoming one of the world’s best-paid players on a reported US$300,000 a week.“Shenhua’s nuclear bomb has arrived,” Shenhua goalkeeper Wang Dalei said.
Zhu made Anelka China’s first direct import from the Premier League and he also lured another famous Frenchman, Jean Tigana, as coach. Anelka, who had no coaching experience, announced he was Tigana’s replacement. But Zhu soon brought in Argentine Sergio Batista as coach, much to Anelka’s annoyance. There was the odd high, such as a 5-1 home thrashing of rivals Hangzhou Greentown with Drogba scoring twice and Anelka laying on two assists.
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