Drogba Joins Chelsea

Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho revealed a
move to bring former striker Didier Drogba
back to the club after he was released by
Galatasaray.
“We think about it,” Mourinho told the
Friday editions of several British newspapers.
“We want to win matches and win titles and
Didier is one of the best strikers in Europe.

He is still very adapted to the needs of the
Premier League and we are thinking about it
in a non-emotional way.”
Drogba, 36, registered 157 goals during an
eight-year spell at Stamford Bridge that
culminated in him scoring the equaliser and
then the winning penalty against Bayern
Munich in the 2012 Champions League final.

After a brief spell with Chinese club Shanghai
Shenua, he joined Galatasaray in January
2013, but left the club when his contract
expired at the end of last season.
British media reports suggest Drogba could
be offered a coaching role at Chelsea, but
Mourinho says that if the Ivory Coast star
does return to the club, it would be to play.

“If you bring him back, it is not because he
is Didier or scored the most important goal
in the history of Chelsea, or because I read I
need an assistant, no,” the Portuguese
added.
“If I bring him back, and the decision has to
be made soon, it is because as a player he
has qualities to make the team stronger.

“The team is not about the 11. It is about
the different options and with Didier’s
profile, being a squad player, I think he
could be important for any team.
“And because we know his heart is pushing
him to where he feels he belongs, we are
thinking about the possibility.

“(Chelsea owner Roman) Abramovich is very
intelligent and he feels that people belong to
the club. We feel that Didier belongs to us. Is
he coming back as a player, one more year
or a couple more years? Let’s see.”
With Samuel Eto’o and Demba Ba having left,
Chelsea currently have three senior strikers
on their books in Fernando Torres, Romelu
Lukaku, who has returned from a season-
long loan at Ever