goal : The Ivorian has been granted permission to represent the Istanbul giants, despite claims from Shanghai Shenhua that he was still contracted to them.
Fifa has confirmed that it has granted a provisional licence for Didier Drogba to represent Galatasaray.
The Ivorian sealed a move to the Turkish champions last month, only for his old club Shanghai Shenhua to claim that he was still contracted to them.
However, the player’s representatives maintained that he had the right to join another club due to non-payment of wages, and his switch to Istanbul has now been ratified by the authorities.