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Mbappe finally gets Drogba selfie 10 years after being snubbed by Chelsea legend as a child

Kylian Mbappe has finally got a selfie with Didier Drogba 10 years on from seeing the former Chelsea striker reject his request for a photo following a heated Champions League clash with Barcelona.

Back in May 2009, a fiery Ivorian frontman saw red during a European semi-final encounter.

Drogba was left incensed by the performance of referee Tom Henning Ovrebo as Chelsea suffered the cruellest of continental exits.

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He yelled “f*cking disgrace” into a television camera, landing himself a six-game ban, with the Blues having seen four penalty appeals waved away before Andres Iniesta’s famous late strike sent them crashing out on away goals.