VIDEOS: Didier Drogba greeted by enormous crowd in Montreal, takes awesome selfie
Welcome to Canada, Didier Drogba.
At 4:18 p.m. local time on Wednesday, the Ivorian icon arrived at the Montreal-Pierre Elliot Trudeau International Airport, two days after the Montreal Impact confirmed their acquisition of the player who tallied 164 goals and 88 assists during his two stints at Chelsea.
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Drogba's arrival triggered insane scenes - the likes of which Canadian football has never seen - and kept airport security on alert. At one point, he pulled out his phone to record the welcome, causing a mosh pit to break out as supporters attempted to get their faces in the video, which can be seen below.
It was, simply put, a hero's welcome, and it provided an ideal prologue to the story of Drogba's time with the Impact.
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#SELFIE @didierdrogba #IMFC pic.twitter.com/mHiqz7TNyq
— Impact de Montréal (@impactmontreal) July 29, 2015
Vous l'attendiez, le voici: DIDIER DROGBA!!!!! #IMFC pic.twitter.com/xYMo0GpdOm
— Impact de Montréal (@impactmontreal) July 29, 2015
Aéroport de
Montréal a l'instant. Il est la. Quelque part. pic.twitter.com/3djpPNMCGh
— vincent duluc (@vincentduluc) July 29, 2015
L'attente est bientôt finie! @didierdrogba just landed! #IMFC pic.twitter.com/7hVgA0GAog
— Impact de Montréal (@impactmontreal) July 29, 2015
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