Dider Drogba and Jose Mourinho shared
many memories together at Chelsea and
while the giant Ivorian is retired these days,
it appears the two friends shared and will
continue to share a bond that is simply quite
special. Here’s Jose Mourinho’s foreword to
Didier Drogba’s autobiography. If you don’t
feel the urge to cry after this, you’re not
human!
I’m a person who likes to treasure
memories, and with them I can tell the
world many things. I’m not a writer, even
less a poet, but my life has been rich with
stories, stories full of extraordinary
moments. Looking back at them, I can find
only a few special people who I will keep in
my soul and in my heart forever.
Didier Drogba came into my life in the fifth
minute of a Champions League game in
Marseille’s mythical Vélodrome. I’d hardly sat
down when that giant with the number 11
on his shirt scored. I remember he
celebrated that goal like it was his last and
he turned an already hostile atmosphere
into a fireball of flares, chants and emotion.
The crowd went mad, the noise was
deafening.
At half-time I found him in the tunnel and
told him: ‘I don’t have the money to buy you,
but do you have any cousins that can play
like you in the Ivory Coast?’ In the middle of
this tense qualification game he laughed,
hugged me and said: ‘One day you’ll be in a
club which can buy me.’
Six months later I signed for Chelsea. I had
found a super powerful club which
everybody wanted to negotiate with,
everybody wanted to be linked to – and
everybody wanted to play for. I had a
number of options, but I arrived and said: ‘I
want Didier Drogba.’ Doubts and questions
were raised by a few people: ‘Why this
one?’, ‘Why not that one?’, ‘Are you sure he
will adapt?’, ‘Is he really that good?’
‘I want Didier Drogba,’ I said.
A few days passed and I met with Didier in a
private airport in London. Again he hugged
me, but this time in an unforgettable way:
an embrace that showed this man’s
gratitude, and the affection he feels towards
people who mean a lot to him.
Indescribable. Then he told me: ‘Thank you. I
will fight for you. You won’t regret it. I will
stay loyal to you forever.’ And that’s just
what he’s done. His loyalty came out in his
leadership and in the way he always faced
up to the difficult moments. Moments when
nothing else matters than to be there for
your leader and your colleagues. This was a
person I knew I could count on whenever
and wherever I needed. When the team was
under pressure he would go back and help
the defenders; when he felt pain he would
stretch himself to the limit and never give
up. Then of course came what he did best:
he scored and scored. Those goals brought
him titles, amazing awards, but what stays
with me are the countless stories we have
together.
Didier is a special person. And I repeat if I
may: person. I could say player of course –
and he’s an unbelievable one – but above all,
his impact on the world at the moment is as
a person: as an African, as an emperor of
the Ivory Coast, as a father, and as a son and
as a friend. And some of us have the
privilege to have him in our lives. Months
after the Cup final I was out of Chelsea. As
on the first day, there came that same
embrace. I couldn’t speak and Didier could
only say: ‘This is not possible, this is not
possible, this is not happening.’ I could only
find the strength to turn and walk away.
Perhaps this preface should focus on Didier
the player. But the player everybody knows –
the leader, the title collector, the benefactor
as well. All these things he has achieved with
skill, effort and humility. Didier is in my life as
one of the best players I have managed in
my career. But much more importantly, he’s
in my life as one of the best and most
unforgettable friends.Together, the two of
us side by side, fighting for the same thing?
Far away? In different clubs? In different
countries? Or old, with Didier in retirement
and me coaching in a wheelchair? It doesn’t
matter.
Didier. Always near to my heart.”
José Mourinho

Culled from SoccerNation!!!

Jose Mourinho:my Jesus Christ on earth.

wow

Oh,....Am happy and tears keep dropping off my eyes

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Mourinho sure knows how to talk,even when he doesn't want to...nice piece The Special One

Wao! Such a friendship!!

They are true friends indeed, wish he could be lured back to chelsea instead of Eto, they shared an enviable bond

No sentiment,,but if Drogba was white,he would have won the best player in the world award...

aawww this is very touching, they are both special and will never be forgotten.

Jessy Maureeno weds Didier Drogba!

Thank God tomorrow is Saturday.

I'm a Man U fan but whenever Drogba scores then in Chelsea, i celebrate. Exept the ones scored against Man U.

ksam: No sentiment,,but if Drogba was white,he would have won the best player in the world award...

Ahut the fuçk up! At not time has Drogba ever been the best player in the world.

Awwwww! So touching....Drogba is a great man

Nice one mourinho...Am an Arsenal fan but I must admit Drogba is a good striker there was a time he had 12goals in 12 matches against arsenal,does moment were terrible for me..... ....Drogba finally earned my respect in the champions league final...(I wanted chelsea to lose so badly)...when drogba scored I swear I thought I was dreaming...

An appreciative and inspiring one from D special one

Chai. I just pray someday someone will write something like this about me. Though, not as a footballer, but in my gifted profession. Sure, it must come to pass. So help me God.


Yeah, now to the topic; these two remain my most adorable n respected LIVING LEGENDS. everything about them gladdens my heart. What a RELATIONSHIP.

Now I know the reason Drogba cried when Jose was leaving Chelsea