Police were reportedly called to the home of Chelsea
striker Didier Drogba after the Ivory Coast forward's partner
became embroiled in an argument with their cleaner.
While Drogba was away on international duty, scoring an
injury-time equaliser for the Elephants in a 1-1 draw in Turkey,
his pregnant partner - mother-of-three Lalla Diakite - was calling
the local constabulary to report 32-year-old Candy Price, who was
staging a sit-in in a car outside their 2.4 million house in
Oxshott, Surrey.
Housekeeper Price is believed to have stormed out of the luxury pad
after becoming fed up with the couple's demands, and claiming she
was owed £430 in unpaid wages.
"All I wanted was the money owed to me," she said. "Drogba's
partner kept telling me she would put it in the post, but she
didn't have my address. Two representatives from Chelsea asked me
to move. They left and the police turned up.
"I explained the situation to the officers, who went inside.
They came out with a cheque for £430. I'm angry that I had to go
through all that hassle to get £430 from a man who earns more than
£100,000 a week."
A spokesman for Drogba later added: "They owed the cleaner no
money. He is on international duty and his wife is pregnant on her
own and doesn't speak much English.
"The cleaner sat outside shouting threats, banging on the gate,
ringing the intercom. Didier's wife was scared and called police.
They advised her to give a cheque to go away, which she did."