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DROGBA ‘NOT SURPRISED’ AFTER IVORIAN FEDERATION PRESIDENCY BID REJECTED

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Didier Drogba was not surprised by the electoral commission of the Cote d’Ivoire Football Federation’s (FIF) rejection of the former Chelsea and international striker’s presidency bid, his staff told AFP on Thursday.

FIF’s election has turned into a soap opera marred by incessant infighting, attracting international attention with FIFA telling the body to cancel the vote.

“Drogba’s staff isn’t surprised by this decision to reject the bid. But we remain unfazed. We will react to conform to the texts which surround this election,” Mahamadou Sangare, a member of Drogba’s team, told AFP.

An official document seen by AFP said: “The electoral commission (…) rejects the candidacy of Mr Drogba, Tebily Didier Yves.”

The text also claimed Drogba was ineligible to run for the position held by Sidy Diallo with the former Elephants captain having only received the official support of two of a required four Ivorian clubs.

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Drobga also has the backing of the association for the former and its current players equivalent and has five days to appeal the decision.

He is standing against FIF’s former third vice-president Idriss Diallo, as well as the current vice-president of the national body and president of the league Sory Diabate.

-AFP

Kunle Solaja is the author of landmark books on sports and journalism as well as being a multiple award-winning journalist and editor of long standing. He is easily Nigeria’s foremost soccer diarist and Africa's most capped FIFA World Cup journalist, having attended all FIFA World Cup finals from Italia ’90 to Qatar 2022. He was honoured at the Qatar 2022 World Cup by FIFA and AIPS.

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