Following the incident that happened in Cambinda, Angola last week-where Togolese team was attacked by rebels, Chelsea and Ivory coast Star is reported not ready to play in AFCON.
Togo and Manchester City skipper Emmanuel Adebayor is said to have taken a long conversation with Drogba about the incident which left him in fragile mental state over continuing to play in the tournament.
"There was a long discussion between Drogba and Adebayor.
"Drogba said he was fully aware of the psychological state that the Togo squad was in, and he too was not ready to play in thisAfrican Nations Cup ," Alaixys Romao is quoted in The Independent.
"Drogba said he was fully aware of the psychological state that the Togo squad was in, and he too was not ready to play in this
Romao also said that reaction would have been different if a bigger footballing nation had been the subject of the attack.
"If it had been Ivory Coast or Cameroon, or if [Samuel] Eto'o or Drogba had taken a bullet, the competition would have been stopped immediately," he added.
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