Really, Didier? Drogba insists Shanghai move isn't about the money... as he's unveiled in £270k-a-week role.

Didier Drogba insists it is not money but the big challenge in an unfamiliar land that lured him to China.

More than 300 fans gathered to welcome the former Chelsea man on his much-anticipated arrival to join Chinese Super League strugglers Shanghai Shenhua.

Drogba has signed a two-and-a-half-year contract with the big-spending club for a reported salary of £270,000.

He said: 'I decided to come here because when the club and the president approached me, I looked at the project and it came with ambitious ideas. He wants to help football develop in China.

'I know China is a great sports country so for me it was also a big challenge because it could have been easy for me to stay in Europe and go to another team, another big team.

'Really, I didn't come here with the idea of making a lot of money. I come here because it is a completely different challenge from what I have seen in Europe before. 

'And that's the idea, there are many challenges but this one is a big one.'

Drogba's arrival is the latest in a long list of high-profile names who have made the move to China in recent months.

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