‘Devil Beast’, new moniker for Didier Drogba in China

The powerful Ivory Coast striker and former Chelsea striker now has a new nickname ‘Devil Beast’. This is accrued to his  success within a month of signing for his new Chinese club, Shenhua Shanghai.
He is no doubt the best thing that has happened to Shenhua, then before his arrival the club was 12^th position in the 16-team Super League, proving his worth as the world’s highest paid players in the game as he scored twice on his home debut in the 5-1 thrashing of long-time rivals Hangzhou Greentown.
The fanatical home crowd, swelled from the usual 15,000 to 25,000, chanted the veteran’s name repeatedly and gave him a rousing cheer as he performed the traditional post-match bow.
“Shenhua’s nuclear bomb has arrived,” Shanghai goalkeeper Wang Dalei said of his new team-mate, who joins another former Chelsea striker, Nicolas Anelka, at the club.
The 34-year-old left European champions Chelsea for the ambitious Chinese club.
Although Chinese teams have been luring a fast-expanding group of foreign stars to play for enormous salaries, Drogba is the highest paid and has quickly become a fan favourite, eclipsing Anelka.
Drogba has had only a negligible effect on his team so far. He has not found the net since his double and Shenhua are still struggling, creeping up to 10th in the table.
Not that the fans are laying any blame on their new hero, who is on international duty for his country Ivory Coast against Russia on Wednesday in a friendly in Moscow.