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10 July 2013 [10:25] - Today.Az
José Mourinho will use Didier Drogba as a template of how to behave as a professional when he tries to coax the best from the younger players in his Chelsea squad.
The Ivory Coast forward, now at Galatasaray, scored 157 goals in 341 appearances for Chelsea after being bought in 2004 by Mourinho from Marseille in the Portuguese manager's first spell at Stamford Bridge.
"I think Didier Drogba, as a man and as a professional, is a good guy to be looked at as a very special player in the history of this club," Mourinho told Chelsea's monthly magazine. "I can use Didier as a profile to persuade the young boys to follow me because he did follow me from day one."
Drogba helped Mourinho win back-to-back Premier League titles in 2005 and 2006 and also scored the winning goal in the FA Cup final victory over Manchester United at Wembley in 2007.
Mourinho, who on Monday took his first training session in his second stint at Chelsea after the players reported back following their close-season break, described Drogba as a "fantastic example" for any young player.
"He was playing in France and nobody really knew a lot about him when I asked the owner [Roman Abramovich] to buy him," Mourinho said. "Some people thought he was too expensive for somebody who had not proved himself. Then, in the owner's 10th year in charge [2013], he was voted the best player in Chelsea's history.
/The Guardian/
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