Sunday, April 17, 2016
Drogba to take legal actions against Daily Mail after the paper made allegations about his Foundation charity
Didier Drogba set to take legal actions against Daily Mail
following allegation made about his Foundation being under investigation. The former Chelsea forward has strongly denied
any wrongdoing at his Foundation charity, telling SSN HQ that newspaper claims
to the contrary are "disrespectful".
According to Daily Mail less than 1% of the money raised by
the Didier Drogba Foundation in the UK - just £14,115 - has gone to help good
causes in Africa.
The Didier Drogba Foundation was set up in 2007 with the aim
of providing healthcare and education throughout Africa. over time, the Foundation has
raised over £2m from celebrity fundraising events in London.
Drogba, who now plays for Major League Soccer club Montreal
Impact, told Sky Sports News HQ: "(The claims) are very disrespectful and
very bad for the foundation and these allegations are not right.
"The money hasn't been spent, yes, but what's wrong
with that? The most important thing is that these are long-term projects.
"I'm not doing all this work just for one year or for
two years. We have a lot of projects, we have a mobile clinic and we have done
a lot of work in orphanages.
"They have already caused an untold amount of damage by
contacting all of my sponsors... and putting doubts in their mind about whether
to continue to support us in the future.
"Their attempts to destroy the work of the Foundation
will not stop me continuing the work we have begun."
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