Chelsea legend, Didier Drogba, has castigated the United Kingdom over sanctions against Chelsea Football Club.
Drogba noted that by UK sanctioning the club's owner, Roman Abramovich, it is the football fans who will be affected the most.
The Chelsea legend added that it was a wrong move to have the Blues not operate at full capacity while other clubs are running normally.
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"To see the club suffering from these sanctions because of the crisis in Ukraine is a pity because I believe football has nothing to do with this. I sometimes question the decisions, the sanctions of the club, not letting the club operate at its full capacity is a big mistake," Drogba noted.
The Ivorian added that ordinary people are suffering from the consequences of what was not in their control of the political decisions.
He added that the move to sanction Abramovic creates more damage not only to the club but also those that work for it.
"When you sanction a club like that, you want to sanction Roman Abramovich and his relations with Vladimir Putin, but I think you are creating more damage to the club's people, the workers, who are English as well, who are European as well, who live for the club. You are sanctioning the fans who travel every day for many years to make this club alive," Drogba added.
The 44-year-old Ivorian is currently seeking the head of the Ivorian Football Federation (Federation Ivoirienne de Football - FIF) post.
The FIF voting will take place on Saturday, April 23, with Drogba seeking to emulate Barcelona legend, Samuel Etoo, who is the head of Cameroon Football Federation.
"I've been around many, many countries, many continents, and I've seen a lot of African talent everywhere I've been. Look at the France national team who won the World Cup in 2018. I would say 70-80% of them are either born in Africa or have African parents. And then they went to France, like at a very young age.
“We have those talents here. We don't put a team around them to let them understand that they have the qualities. It's just a question of organisation," Drogba stated.
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