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4 years agoon
By
Joe Pee
Premier League legend, Didier Drogba, has reluctantly announced on social media that his marriage is over, ending his relationship of more than 20 years after a mysterious video of him in bed with another woman surfaced last year.
The former Ivory Coast forward was seen bare-chested in bed with a scantily-clad woman last year.
Afrik Foot reported that Drogba’s entourage had claimed that the clip was part of an advert to promote measures against Covid-19.
Drogba told his Instagram following of almost 10 million that: “I’m not in the habit of discussing my private life.
“But because of speculation in the media today, I can confirm that sadly, after 20 years together, Lalla and I took the difficult decision to separate last year.
“We remain very close and our main priorities have been to protect our children and our family’s private life. May God bless you.”
Chelsea’s second-highest scorer of all time met his wife in the late 1990s in Paris, marrying her in 2011, by which time he had won three of his four Premier League titles at Stamford Bridge.
They have three children so Drogba wished his wife and mother a Happy Mother’s Day on social media last year.
The 2012 Champions League winner ended his second spell at Chelsea in 2015 and retired in 2018.
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