LIAM COLEMAN explores how the ever-growing financial might of China is influencing the world of football

TWO-TIMES African footballer of the year, three times Premier League winner, the only African football to score 100-plus goals in the Premier League, captain of his national side and a man worshiped by fans of one of England’s biggest football clubs. Not a bad looking CV but where do you go next?
The obvious answer: Shanghai Shenhua in the Chinese Super League.
Didier Drogba’s illustrious career is a stellar one, and when in 2012 the Ivory Coast international decided to...