The Montreal Impact have acquired the MLS rights to Didier Drogba from the Chicago Fire and are set to sign him to a contract.

The current deal on the table will see Drogba, 37, sign an 18-month contract in excess of $3 million per year.

Chicago initially obtained Drogba's rights by filing a discovery claim on the player and pursued him for over a month.

When Drogba indicated his preference was to be in Montreal, the Fire traded his rights to the Impact in exchange for what one source with knowledge of the deal described as a "substantial amount of targeted and regular allocation money" well in excess of $100,000.