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Busy businessman Idriss Diallo hopes to net top football federation post

Yacine Idriss Diallo, candidate for the presidency of the Ivorian Football Federation.
Yacine Idriss Diallo, candidate for the presidency of the Ivorian Football Federation. © Facebook Yacine Idriss Diallo
In the running to head the Ivorian Football Federation (FIF), which will elect its new president on 23 April, Idriss Diallo, who is competing against his former business partner, ex-Chelsea striker Didier Drogba, is a businessman involved in a number of sectors. [...]
Published on 04.04.2022 at 05:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes
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Former Chelsea footballer Didier Drogba caught up by old mining debts

Former Chelsea player Didier Drogba and Hamed Bakayoko's ex-right-hand man, Idriss Diallo, are both competing to be the head of the Ivorian Football Federation, yet they were once business partners. They bought shares in Ity gold mine in 2013, and then sold their shares in 2019 to Endeavour without ever fully paying their first owner, the Ivorian parastatal group Sodemi, which is now asking for its dues.

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Didier Drogba, ex-Chelsea player and candidate for the head of the Ivorian Football Federation.

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