{"id":33839,"date":"2014-07-23T09:48:05","date_gmt":"2014-07-23T09:48:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=33839"},"modified":"2014-07-23T09:48:05","modified_gmt":"2014-07-23T09:48:05","slug":"manchester-city-not-interested-in-signing-didier-drogba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/07\/manchester-city-not-interested-in-signing-didier-drogba\/","title":{"rendered":"Manchester City not interested in signing Didier Drogba"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-display-hint=\"\">\n<p>Manchester City have no interest in signing the former Chelsea striker Didier Drogba. The Premier League champions have been linked with a surprise move for the veteran Ivory Coast player after losing \u00c1lvaro Negredo for the start of the season.<\/p>\n<p>Negredo is expected to be out for a few months with a broken metatarsal, leaving Manuel Pellegrini short of attacking options, but a move for Drogba is not being considered.<\/p>\n<p>The 36-year-old is available after leaving Galatasaray at the end of last season and there have also been suggestions he could return to Chelsea on a short-term deal, two years after helping them win the Champions League.<\/p>\n<p>City are yet to indicate whether they will look for attacking reinforcements. Negredo was injured playing in a pre-season friendly against Hearts last Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier in the week Negredo, 28, had attempted to quell speculation over his future by announcing that he was happy at City. The former Sevilla player had been linked with a return to Spain following reports he was unsettled.<\/p>\n<p>Negredo made an immediate impact following his \u00a320m arrival at the Etihad Stadium last summer but the last of his 23 goals in the 2013-14 campaign came in January. He was unable to rediscover his best form in the second half of the season after recovering from a shoulder injury and that slump cost him a place in Spain\u2019s World Cup squad.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI will be back stronger than ever,\u201d Negredo wrote on Instagram of his latest setback. \u201cI will return with a vengeance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The make-up of City\u2019s forward line could be a cause for concern with Sergio Ag\u00fcero having been hampered by muscle injuries throughout 2014. Stevan Jovetic also had an injury-hit first season at the club.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>Source: The Guardian<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Manchester City have no interest in signing the former Chelsea striker Didier Drogba. The Premier League champions have been linked with a surprise move for the veteran Ivory Coast player after losing \u00c1lvaro Negredo for the start of the season. Negredo is expected to be out for a few months with a broken metatarsal, leaving [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":33345,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[29,239,3,131],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Manchester City not interested in signing Didier Drogba - Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. 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