Former Chelsea striker, DIDIER DROGBA has been told he is not eligible to stand in upcoming elections to be the next president of the Ivory Coast Football Federation, FIF.

DROGBA along with three others submitted their papers to stand in the polls earlier this month, but the FIF's Electoral Commission ruled that the former Chelsea striker did not fulfill its list of eligibility criteria.

Among the reasons his bid was rejected was that two of the names he had submitted as his sponsors were ruled not to have the necessary authority to do so.