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Chelsea legend Didier Drogba to retire

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Chelsea legend Didier Drogba has announced that he is retiring from playing football.

The 39-year-old, who is playing for Phoenix Rising in America's USL where he also owns a stake in the club, has revealed that he is to hang up his boots at the end of the current campaign.

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