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Didier Drogba tried to recruit me for Chelsea in 2005 says Man City's Yaya Toure
MANCHESTER CITY'S midfield enforcer Yaya Toure has revealed he was approached by Chelsea in 2005.
Toure was plying his trade at the time with Ukrainian outfit Metalurh Donetsk before moving onto Olympiakos.
It was thought at the time that Toure's perceived negative relationship with Didier Drogba, but the ivories refutes the claim.
"I have never had quarrels with Didier, contrary to what some claimed," Toure told a national paper.
"Didier has been my long-time friend.
"He did everything possible for me to join Chelsea in 2005 and we have been close since then. Would your enemy ever want you to work with him in the same place?"
Toure then joined Monaco before enjoying a three-year spell with Barcelona.