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Yaya Toure says player who left Chelsea for free is better than Mohamed Salah and should’ve won the Ballon d’Or

Shamanth Jayaram

Sat 8 February 2025 7:35, UK Updated Sat 8 February 2025 7:54, UK

Chelsea and Liverpool fans both know just how good a player Mohamed Salah really is.

The Egyptian couldn’t do much when he was at Stamford Bridge many years ago, but his rise to fame since has been in🍨credible.

Salah has been one of the best players in the world since his move to Liꦯverpool, and his♌ performances this season have been unbelievable.

However, Premier League legend Yaya Toure believes one of Salah’s old te❀ammates at Chelsea was actually better than 𓂃him.

Yaya Toure says Didier Drogba was better than Mohamed Salah

Didier Drogba is Cheꦍlsea’s best striker in the history of the Pr🐼emier League.

The Ivorian joined the Blues from Marseille and was at the club for eight years before leaving on a free transfer in 2012, just weeks after he won them the Champions League against Bayern Munich.

Drogba returned to Chelsea in 2014 and played another season under Jo🍷se Mourinho. He didn’t play a lot🧸 of football then, but he’s still adored by Chelsea supporters.

Toure knows Drogba really well h꧃aving played with him for the Ivory Coast national team for many yeaꦓrs. He has now had his say on him.

In a video on Goal, the Manchester City icon picked Drogba ahead of African legends like Sadio Mane, George Weah and also Salah.

“I love Drogba, what a player,” he said.

While choosing the Chelsea legend over the Liverpool superstar, Toure added: “I think people have been unfair at some point, I think he des♈erved to win the Ballon🏅 d’Or as well. Drogba definitely.”

Drogba at Chelsea vs Salah at Liverpool stats compared

Drogba and Salah are both Premier League greats, there’s no debate there.

The two players, for♎ their respective clubs and the fans, have produced some unbelievable memories and Salahꦉ is still going strong today.

But, how do their number📖s compare against each other?

As the table shows above, Salah has been a level above Drogba in terms of goals and assists🦩, even though hಞe has mostly played out wide.

Drogba, however, has won more silverw🃏are – three mꦐore Premier League titles than Salah.

That, perhaps, is one of the reasons why Toure prefers his compatriot💙 over the Liverpool number 11.