Marseille president Pape Diouf claims to be "amused" by an
appeal launched by his club's fans to raise the £22million needed
to buy Chelsea star Didier Drogba.
New Chelsea boss Luiz Felipe Scolari claims Drogba is still "200
per cent in his plans" but the striker is reportedly adamant that
he will be heading for the Stamford Bridge exit door.
Barcelona, AC Milan and Inter Milan are all said to be
interested in the Ivory Coast international but Marseille fans have
launched an audacious bid to bring the 30-year-old back to the club
he left four years ago.
Despite suffering a setback when the initial site crashed, the
new appeal reached the one million-euro mark on Sunday.
The fans behind the initiative admitted that it would be
impossible to raise the money to buy Drogba, instead insisting that
the point of the project was to alert Diouf to the fans'
wishes.
"I'm surprised and amused. It shows the true passion of our
supporters," Diouf told regional newspaper La Provence.
However, he joked that even if the fans could raise the money
for the transfer, that alone would not be enough.
"I know what Drogba earns at Chelsea!" he added.
Instead Diouf's attention has been focused on adding Nice
forward Bakary Kone to Marseille's attacking line.
Kone admitted last week he could not imagine playing for the
south coast club again following the rejection of a bid of
8.5million euros, which included an extra million in bonuses.
