Didier Drogba has put his six-bedroom, 11,000-square-foot villa in Surrey up for sale, with house seekers able to purchase it for £6.25 million.
Drogba, widely regarded as one of the finest players in Chelsea history, appeared in 381 games for the Blues during two consecutive seasons and scored 164 goals. He won the Premier League four times, the Champions League four times, the FA Cup four times, and the League Cup three times.
Despite the fact that his second spell at Stamford Bridge ended in 2015, the Ivorian has remained to possess a home on the prestigious Crown Estate in Oxshott, which is close to Chelsea’s Cobham training site.
However, the 44-year-old is now selling the home, which has six bedrooms, seven bathrooms, five reception rooms, a leisure complex, and a large swimming pool.
The pool has a view of the large garden thanks to bi-folding doors, and the leisure complex includes a sauna and a jacuzzi.
On the ground floor, five principal reception rooms are centered around a great reception hall with a sweeping staircase leading to all floors, according to the listing on Fine & Country.
In the front, there is a study and a multipurpose reception room. In the back, there is a sensational dual aspect drawing room of enormous size, a family room, and a large open plan kitchen with modern built-in appliances and a central island for casual dining that leads to a lovely high-roofed orangery.
The house has automatic gates and sits on a little less than an acre of land. A large driveway and a two-story garage with space for several cars and an apartment with one bedroom and one bathroom provide enough parking.
The listing says, In the back, there is a south-facing garden with well-kept grass that runs out from a terrace area off the main house. It’s a great place to hang out and relax.
The Crown Estate, so named because it was originally Crown hunting land, is often considered as one of the most aristocratic and exclusive areas in southern England. It is surrounded by open fields and woodland and is close to some of Surrey’s best schools.
It is located halfway between Heathrow and Gatwick airports, as well as the M25 and A3 highways leading into central London.
Drogba lived with his Malian wife, Lalla Diakite, whom he divorced in 2020.
We remain extremely close, and our main focus has been our children and respecting their privacy as well as the privacy of the family, the former striker said at the time in a brief statement.
The marriage has three children, including Isaac, 21, who played for Guingamp’s reserve squad in France’s second tier and spent time in Chelsea’s academy.
Drogba, the Ivory Coast’s all-time leading scorer with 65 goals in 105 games, first arrived in England in 2004, when Chelsea paid Marseille £24 million to recruit him.
In his first two seasons, he helped the Blues win back-to-back Premier League crowns that lasted until 2012, including the game-winning penalty against Bayern Munich in the Champions League final.
Drogba returned to Chelsea for one more season in 2014, helping the club win the league title for the second time after periods in China and Turkey. His playing career came to an end after a stay in the United States.