Drogba led the Blues to four Premier League crowns, four FA Cups, the Champions League, and three League Cups during his trophy-filled tenure at Stamford Bridge. However, the Ivorian has admitted that he was first hesitant to join the group.

Famously, Jose Mourinho convinced billionaire Roman Abramovich to buy Drogba from Marseille in 2005 by choosing him over Ronaldinho. Drogba didn't want to leave the Ligue 1 team since he was content there. But after receiving a £24 million offer, he had to travel to West London for a medical examination. "I felt repulsed. I realized that joining Chelsea was repulsive. It is difficult to describe. It's difficult to comprehend because most people only consider the financial or even athletic aspects of it. But my happiness was lacking. "I couldn't give a damn" (that Marseille had accepted a proposal), I told myself. Perhaps Chelsea fans would find it shocking, but I didn't want to go.

To avoid going to Chelsea, I even went so far as to do some ridiculous things, like during the medical. In a 2007 documentary titled "The Incredible Destiny of Didier Drogba," he stated, "I was praying they would find a problem with my knee or a problem with anything so the move would collapse."