Didier Drogba will call time on his playing career after the 2018 United Soccer League (USL) season to focus on other projects.
The four-time Premier League champion scored nine goals in his first season with Phoenix Rising as they finished fifth in the Western Conference.
As well as being Phoenix s star player the Ivorian is also an owner of the club, and it is his off-field ventures that the 39-year-old wants to concentrate on going forward.
I think next year will be my last season, he told RMC. There comes a time when you have to stop.
I need time for my other projects. It s good to play, but at 39, it holds me back a bit.
After moving to Chelsea in 2004 Drogba established himself as one of the top strikers in world football, his strength an…