With the coaching staff at Chelsea undergoing an overhaul, interim manager Guus Hiddink has contacted the MLS’ Montreal Impact in the hopes of bringing back Didier Drogba to serve in a coaching role.
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With the Dutchman watching from the stands alongside Didier Drogba and Roman Abramovich, Stamford Bridge was vociferously electric with chants of Jose Mourinho’s name throughout the 90 minutes with Chelsea supporters exclusively blaming the players for their embarrassing Premier League campaign so far.
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Chelsea are looking to resurrect their season after nine defeats in their opening 16 games left the Blues in 15th place in the Premier League table and their title defence in tatters.
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“I have a lot of respect for Watford”, said Hiddink, who saw his side beat Sunderland 3-1 last weekend in their first match since Mourinho’s dismissal.
“I shouldn’t be here halfway through the season”.
Montreal say Drogba has expressed a “desire to help” his old club.
Hiddink has been appointed manager of the misfiring English champions until the end of the season following Jose Mourinho’s sacking a week ago.
This week, the French-language sports network RDS reported that Drogba’s agent confirmed there was an “unspecified” offer from Chelsea.
“They have a profound obligation to perform”.
As for Watford, they’ll have to make do without defender Nathan Ake as he’s on loan from Chelsea so is therefore ineligible to play against his parent club. “Let’s go into the next few games and we’ll see”.
“I have to feel inside my heart that I have that passion to work with the guys”. It means things have not gone as well as had been foreseen at the beginning of the season.
“But anyhow I’m glad to be back”.
“The official process I don’t know, but I spoke openly from the bottom of my heart that huge impact players can be key for the club”. The club issued a statement through a series of tweets Wednesday saying they want Drogba to honour his contract for the 2016 Major League Soccer season. He is a legend already in this club, but also outside this club in the world.
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The former Chelsea player still has one year remaining on his deal in Montreal.
