Didier Drogba claims he will be back to his best soon
Chelsea striker Didier Drogba says that he will soon return to his best after he was diagnosed with malaria.
It was revealed on Tuesday, 9 November, that the Ivory Coast international had been suffering from the condition. It is not certain where or when the 32-year-old picked up the illness, but it was believed
he had the disease for over a month before it was discovered.
The condition affected his fitness levels as he was only able to play as a substitute in the 2-0 English Premier League defeat to Liverpool on Sunday, 7 November, while a fever ruled him out of matches against
Aston Villa and Spartak Moscow.
However, Drogba is expected to make a full recovery and should be fit to play in the EPL match against Fulham on Wednesday, 10 November. The hitman added that he hoped the early diagnosis by the club’s doctors
would help him reach full fitness sooner rather than later.
'I'll start to score again'
He told Chelsea’s official website that: "I want to score every game but when you can’t, when you’re not 100 per cent, it’s better to try a way to help your team mates, maybe creating assists, maybe defending
a little bit more. I think I’ll get better and start to score again and if that’s what people want I think I can do that."
“When you don’t know exactly what it [the illness] is and it’s not treated, it can come and go. You have some weeks when the fever can be high, that’s what I had, but now it will be better. Unfortunately
we only found out it was malaria but I’ve had it for a month now. Now we know exactly what it is we can go forward."
Drogba has scored six goals and created six assists in his 10 EPL games so far this season.
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