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Drogba admits calling Lukaku about joining him at Chelsea

Didier Drogba admits he's urged Anderlecht whizkid Romelu Lukaku to join him at Chelsea. Nicolas Cornu, a press spokesman for the Belgian Football Association, asked Drogba about Lukaku during the World Cup finals in South Africa.

"Yes, I've even called him," Drogba told Cornu. "I got his phone number from Vincent Kompany.

"I told him - you have to sign for Chelsea."

Lukaku, 17, is rated as one of the most talented centre-forwards of his age group in the world and is already a member of the Belgium senior squad.

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