five Great stats of Chelsea legend Didier Drogba

The Ivory Coast forward spent eight successful years at the club but his return is not believed to be a sentimental ploy, with the Portuguese manager adamant that the veteran still has plenty of life in his ageing legs yet.

New signing Diego Costa was widely expected to be installed as the first choice striker for the Blues in the forthcoming season but the Spaniard will have a fight on his hands to lead the line now that Drogba is back on familiar territory.

Undoubtedly one of the finest strikers to have graced England’s top tier in the modern era, Squawka takes a look at the five stand out statistics of Drogba’s career thus far.

(9) – Number of goals Didier Drogba has scored in nine major finals for Chelsea. Big game player.

(2) – Number of occasions that Didier Drogba was the Premier League’s top goal scorer (2007, 2010).

(3) - Number of players ahead of Didier Drogba on Chelsea’s list of all time top goal scorers. He has a total of 157 to his name.

(4)Didier Drogba is the first & only African player to score 100+ goals in the Premier League. This last one is very bad news for red half of north London. Watch out Arsene.

(5)Didier Drogba scored 15 goals in 15 games in all competitions against Arsenal (including Emirates Cup).