Former Chelsea star, Didier Drogba has signed with Montreal Impact, the MLS side have confirmed. The Impact secured Drogba’s services after completing a trade with Chicago Fire for the right to negotiate a free transfer with the Ivorian star, who has agreed an 18-month contract.
The Canadian side sent Fire allocation funds – consisting both of Targeted Allocation Money (TAM) and general allocation money – in order for the club to drop their own claim on the 2012 Champions League winner.
Drogba, 37, has been a target of Major League Soccer for several years, after allegedly turning down a $7.75 (€7) million-a-year deal to sign with the league back in 2012 before he accepted a lucrative offer to move to China that ultimately collapsed.
Drogba has been a free agent since his contract with the English Premier League champions expired at the end of last season following a second stint at the club.
Drogba, who ended his second spell with Chelsea at the end of the 2014-15 season, follows former Blues team-mate Frank Lampard, ex-Liverpool skipper Steven Gerrard and Italy icon Andrea Pirlo in moving to the US top flight this summer.
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