Sk Adda: Who was the best African footballer to play in Europe

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Akshay Gurumoorthi

Of course, it's none of the three. There's George Weah who is the only African player to win the Ballon d'Or. And then there's the legendary trickster who was so good they named him twice. Jay Jay Okocha!

SK Thinks : Fantastic choice, Akshay Akhshay Gurumoorthi!

Aryan Songara

GEORGE WEAH. OK, perhaps he didn’t ‘dominate’ the Premier League but he was still pretty good. In fact, I think the Liberian player turned politician is one of the greatest footballers of all time.

Malhaar Thakore

Well, all three were good. But if we see Drogba's role for Chelsea was just too good. His goals defined his character. You can see the example UCL 2012 final vs Bayern. He was a man for finals.

SK Thinks : Drogba was a woman for the semifinals? :O

Sudip Maji

Didier Drogba, and the reason is he scored crucial goals for CFC in the toughest league and also against Arsenal (sad to assess though as an AFC fan).

SK Thinks : Being an Arsenal fan by itself is rather sad – you have our condolences.

Emmanuel Chipipa

George Weah the Liberian has to be the best footballer based on technique and quality. I mean he is the only player in Africa to slot in the ballon d’Or, a feat that may never be repeated in our generation. Among the three, though, Eto Didier and Yaya well obviously Eto has a better illustrious career at Barcelona and Inter. He showed his worth but ever since we have never heard of him. The question is if he never played for those two would we have known him this much? As for Didier, we all know at Chelsea he is a legend. He was their best striker for more than a decade he moved to China he made a name for himself Galatasaray he didn't stop banging in goals he came back at Chelsea and his quality never looked to seize he is now in MLS doing prolifically. Looking down on their careers one wonder if Didier played for Barcelona how much successful would he have been?

Ravi Iyer

George Weah and Kanu fall in the same league.

SK Thinks: KAN U BELIEVE IT?!

Kunjakesh Sinha

It is Samuel Eto’o because he played for some good teams across Europe and many trophies too. Moreover, his statistics are better than Drogba. Yaya Toure is of a bit lower standard than the two

Anand Dutta

Eto'o is a legend. One of the best we have witnessed. Yaya is an amazing player. His work rate is just thunderous. He has been one of the best midfielders and is doing a great job. But undoubtedly, Droga is the match. I mean who can forget those moments. A big match player like him is more than amazing. He has been at his best throughout his career and is still scoring a number of goals in the MLS. Respect to all of them but Drogba has to be the best.

Shubhannito Ghosh

Simple. Out of these three Drogba. He took the fight to the teams who were the so called Elites of the Europe. Shame he got sent for the slap on Vidic. Next year the referees robbed them of the final got chance vs Bayern took it. Performed regularly for Chelsea at Premier League when it was really tough

However, we have a winning comment from Rahul Maheshwari:

Oh! Come on guys, John Obi Mikel! I don't know what's the point of comparison.

Sk Thinks: We cannot agree more Rahul!

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