Barca keen on Drogba swoop
Didier Drogba said he was unhappy at Chelsea in an interview in October, before retracting his comments
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Friday, 08, Feb 2008 08:58
Barcelona boss Frank Rijkaard has revealed he wants to sign Chelsea striker Didier Drogba in the summer.
Drogba's future at Stamford Bridge has been in doubt since manager Jose Mourinho's shock exit in September.
The Spanish giants already have a wealth of attacking options in Thierry Henry, Ronaldinho, Samuel Eto'o, Bojan Krcic and Lionel Messi.
Dutchman Rijkaard said he would be interested in adding the Ivory Coast striker, but ruled out a swap deal with Cameroon star Eto'o.
"Eto'o is a player in our team and he performs very well for us," Rijkaard said.
"For that reason I don't see a swap deal.
"If Barca have the possibility of signing a player like Drogba we would have to look at it, but we wouldn't do a swap."
Drogba has been a long-term target of Barcelona along with European champions AC Milan.
The 29-year-old has scored 13 goals for the Blues this season. While on African Cup of Nations duty for the Ivory Coast he scored three goals before the Elephants were knocked out in the semi-finals yesterday by holders Egypt.
Drogba is expected to return to Avram Grant's side for Sunday's clash against Liverpool at Stamford Bridge.