Drogba Opens A Can Of Worms!
Last updated : 20 May 2008 By Footy Mad - Editor
I can promise you, this has happened at Newcastle and many other clubs in the past ... and I have been told by Newcastle players (off record of course) they have done it.
The classic was a Berwick Rangers player who told me he timed it right to get sent off to miss the Christmas period of matches. And he said "I do it every year".
The FA have noted the Chelsea striker's comments from his forthcoming autobiography, which were printed in the News of the World on Sunday, with interest.
However, no action will be taken by the authorities until the book is published in England in July.
An FA spokesman said: "We would like to wait to see the comments in their full context before deciding on any further action."
Drogba claim that he used to collude with former Blues manager Jose Mourinho and get himself yellow-carded at convenient times.
Drogba: "Mourinho calculated everything - he looked at the match programme and analysed the cards each of his lads had received.
"He sometimes whispered to me, 'It would be good for you to get a yellow card today. You would miss such-and-such a match. I will give you four free days.'
"No problem. I used to do as he said.
"That allowed me to pay myself a little trip to Dubai. It was a modern way of treating work and the individual."