Drogba to leave Chelsea "for a great leap into the unknown"

PARIS (Reuters) - Ivory Coast striker Didier Drogba is leaving Chelsea after playing a leading role in their Champions League triumph, according to a report to be published in French magazine France Football on Tuesday.
Drogba, who scored the winning penalty in the shootout against Bayern Munich on Saturday after cancelling out Thomas Mueller's opener, has reportedly told his team mates "we will not be together next season."
"I am getting ready for a great leap into the unknown," he added without hinting at a possible destination.
Drogba, 34, joined Chelsea from Olympique Marseille in 2004 and has won three Premier League titles with the London club as well as four FA Cups
DIDIER DROGBA has confirmed he will leave Chelsea this summer but Fernando Torres will not be following his fellow striker out of the club despite the Champions League winners’ hierarchy having been left distinctly unimpressed by the timing of the Spaniard’s publicly expressed frustration at life as a bit-part player at Stamford Bridge.
Drogba is expected to join the Chinese side Shanghai Shenhua, who could offer wages of up to €310,000 a week, after telling France Football magazine that he broke down when telling his team-mates that he will be moving on.