‘The Drogba period had a big influence on me as a kid,’ reveals Malo Gusto

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Former Luton player Malo Gusto said that Ivory Coast’s Didier Drogba’s days made a big impression on him, while revealing few things from his childhood.

Gusto could still be called a new player at Chelsea FC, but he was aware of the club from when he was a boy. The player said the following to Chelsea’s news outlet recently:

‘To be honest, when I was younger I used to watch Chelsea games with my dad. So to be here now is a pleasure. It’s great.

‘I’ve got a lot of memories of Chelsea. The Drogba period had a big influence on me as a kid, and, more recently, I remember watching the Champions League win in 2021.

‘I’ve always said Chelsea is a really big club and I think back to watching the big matches against Barcelona, especially the famous one in 2012. I hope now that Chelsea can continue to be such a big club going forward.’

Now in a bigger club and therefore under a stronger spotlight, he looks forward to upgrading himself from the player he was at Luton to the one Chelsea players expect him to be.

But it was at Luton that his talent was refined to the level that became attractive to Chelsea FC. Gusto was once brought in only later in the match, but his performance changed things so well that his status as second banana changed for good.

Here is what he had to say about his first full game at Luton: ‘The Luton game was great. On a personal level, I was very happy with my performance, but I know there is more that I can improve on.

‘The two assists that I made were great, but that was only a start. I want to continue being as decisive as I can moving forward.’