Montreal Revealed Didier Drogba open to being Chelsea manager

Former Chelsea striker Didier Drogba has told BBC
Africa he would like to "give back" to the Premier
League club in the future by becoming their manager
or taking on another senior role.

Drogba, 37, is currently contracted to Montreal
Impact, where he has scored 12 goals in 14 Major
League Soccer appearances.

The Ivorian played for Chelsea over two separate
stints, netting 157 goals in 341 outings and helping
the club lift several trophies, including four Premier
League titles and the Champions League.

Drogba said: "I want to give back to the club which
has given so much to me. I have agreed that with the
club directors.

"Why not manager? Why not sporting director, trainer
at the academy or maybe an advising role for
strikers?"
Current Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho has come
under pressure this season having won just four of
their 13 league fixtures so far.
But Drogba is confident his former boss will turn
things around at Stamford Bridge, adding: "If the club
has kept him that means owner Roman Abramovich
thinks that he is the right man.
"I think the players trust him and he is giving his best
to change the situation.
"They have quality when it comes to the players, and
quality when it comes to the management. This is a
club which usually doesn't have a bad season twice."
Drogba has called on Chelsea's leaders to stand up and
drag the club away from the lower reaches of the
Premier League.
Mourinho's men are just three places above the
relegation zone, with a 12-point gap to Arsenal in
fourth.
"I don't like to compare things to when I was there
but there are some facts that you can't hide," Drogba
was quoted as saying by The Sun at the launch of his
new book, Commitment.
"During my time at Chelsea we had a lot of leaders in
the team, not only last year but during the previous
seasons.
"There was Frank Lampard, Petr Cech, John Terry,
myself, Michael Ballack, Michael Essien, Andriy
Shevchenko, Claude Makelele -- big names, big players
and big characters.
"We could take responsibility for a result and change
the situation in bad moments such as when there was
a change of manager or when we had bad results.
"There was always someone to step up and say, 'Guys,
we need to do something' and everybody would follow.
"JT is still there but on your own it is very difficult, so
other players have to come up with this mentality. "But
it's not something you are born with - you build it
within you.
"You have to make sure that it is the right moment to
talk and to take the lead and, most importantly, the
rest of the team has to accept you as a leader.
"When you stand up and say, 'Let's go and win' you
have to make sure that you produce yourself -- you
can't be a leader if you are not the first to show that
you have the determination to want to win.
"I think there are some leaders in this current squad
and hopefully you will soon see that."
Chelsea have shown signs of a revival this week --
following up a narrow victory over Norwich with a 4-0
success against Maccabi Tel Aviv -- but frustration was
evident during a half-time bust-up between striker
Diego Costa and manager Mourinho in Israel.
Drogba believes Costa will come to realise the need to
keep his cool and has backed his former boss to
reverse Chelsea's fortunes.
"I have also had some passionate moments in my
career," the Ivorian said. "It's what football creates in
difficult moments.
"I was lucky to have players who helped me, who were
always there to support me and give me advice.
"They helped me to change my relationship with the
fans, to focus more on my game and to save my energy
for the football.
"You need to be strong but you also need to be smart.
Diego will learn that this might not be the best way for
him to change things."