Ivory Coast’s football legend Didier Drogba has denied claims of converting to Islam after he was pictured praying with a Muslim cleric.
The cleric published the picture and reportedly announced that the former Chelsea striker had become a Muslim.
But in a tweet on Monday evening, Drogba clarified that he was “just paying respect to my Muslim brothers” while visiting his village.
He described it as “a moment of togetherness”.
This story is going viral ???? but I haven’t changed religion.
This was just me paying respect to my Muslim brothers i was visiting in my village. A moment of togetherness.
Much love and blessings to all ????????
— Didier Drogba (@didierdrogba) November 7, 2022The cleric Mohamed Salah later deleted the post and said Drogba had not embraced Islam, but he will still pray for his conversion.
Drogba played more than 100 times for Ivory Coast, including at the 2006 and 2010 World Cups. He became the country’s all-time top scorer before retiring in 2018.
