During his time, Didier Drogba has been an undisputed king of Africa. The Ivory Coast striker played for Chelsea and was successful too, as he still holds a couple of records in the Premier League. His most impressive one, Africa’s all-time top scorer in the league (104) has been broken recently, as Mohamed Salah is now the new record holder, with 108 goals, and counting. And Drogba always believed in his former teammate and his footballing abilities.Andy to Salah: ‘You need to lose more body fat’Speaking recently for Mehwar TV, the Ivorian talked about Mohamed Salah, who is currently in life form, and mentioned his records too.“If he continues like this, he’s going to destroy all my records! I want to cry” said Drogba jokingly.##NAJAVA_MECA_5990707##The 29-year old Egyptian is on course to could break some of Drogba’s other records, like the only player to score in three League Cup finals, or to score in four FA Cup finals, or African player with most goals scored in the Champions League (44) or most appearances in the CL (94). Drogba and Salah overlapped shortly in Chelsea, during the 2014/15 season, when Drogba returned to Chelsea.“What I saw during training, and all his teammates will tell you, the quality was there. He just needed time on the pitch to show his talent and his quality. When you look at the squad we had at the time, it was not easy to play. But what really got me attached to Mo is that he’s a really nice guy and really polite even when he was not playing. He was sad not to contribute to the team, but he was always good. He said not one word regarding the coach or even the players. When you have this kind of intelligence, it’s just a matter of time before you blow up” recalls Drogba.If you ask Yakubu – Salah is not the best African in the Premier LeagueThe Ivorian said that the pair were in contact even when Salah went to Italy to play for Fiorentina, before Roma signed him permanently.”We spoke a few times when he was at Roma and he was scoring goals. He then had a moment when he was not scoring. He asked me ‘how do you deal with this kind of situation?’ I shared with him a lot of examples of experience and told him it happened to me and all strikers. But you have to go back to basics. As soon as he did that…. boom. He was unstoppable, and still is” revealed Drogba.
