“I always liked Chelsea” – Defender reveals affinity for Blues, Blues legend a ‘great role model’ for him

VfB Stuttgart Dan-Axel Zagadou has revealed he would have loved to play for Chelsea, having grown up as a massive fan of Didier Drogba.

The defender has been speaking to BILD about his career so far and where he may have ended up if he’d had any say in the matter.

He’s currently playing for Stuttgart after joining them on a free transfer in the summer after a five-year stay at Borussia Dortmund came to an end.

He has been re-establishing himself with Stuttgart after something of a disappointing end to his time at Signal Iduna Park, where he had been a regular before falling down the pecking order and eventually being allowed to leave at the end of his contract.

He had been with Dortmund after joining them from Paris Saint-Germain in 2017, having previously spent six years working his way up the French side’s various youth ranks to PSG B before moving to Dortmund.

That means so far, his career has been limited to France and Germany, but he admits he wouldn’t have minded a move to England at some point, and to one club in particular, Chelsea.

“I’m a professional now, so I don’t have a favorite club anymore,” he said.

“When I was little, I was a big fan of Paris Saint Germain. And I always liked Chelsea FC because of Didier Drogba.

“Because of my Ivorian roots, Drogba is a great role model for me that I look up to. My father is also a huge fan of his. In Ivory Coast he is a national hero.”