Salomon Kalou hopes World Cup draw pits Ivory Coast against England

Salomon salivating over prospect of facing Chelsea team-mates in group

Didier Drogba & Salomon Kalou (Ivory Coast)
By Nick Price

Chelsea's Ivorian striker Salomon Kalou hopes that Friday's World Cup draw will pit his country in the same group as England.

The 24 year old is keen to lead the line alongside club mate Dider Drogba against their Stamford Bridge colleagues John Terry, Frank Lampard and Ashley Cole.

"I've talked about drawing England with Didier and we agreed it would be nice to play them. They are a top team," Kalou told reporters at the SCORE4africa awards.

"It would be good to play against Cole, Lampard and Terry. It would be a little bit weird to play against them, but that's football."

Kalou also indicated that England are capable, under Fabio Capello's stewardship, of winning the competition in South Africa.

"I think England can win the World Cup because they have good players," he said, "they can make an impact."

"England are playing better now. They have a coach in Fabio Capello who is very hard on the players."

"The coach makes them respect everything and you need that sometimes in football because it's the little things that make the difference."


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